A history of presidential vetoes

Since Washington's day, presidents have vetoed 2,551 pieces of legislation; President Bush issued his first veto on July 19, blocking a stem cell bill

Presidential vetoes: Who used them and who didn't

Four presidents issued over a hundred; seven never issued any

President	Term	Vetoes	Vetoes overridden
		TOP VETO ISSUERS
Franklin Roosevelt	1933-45	635	9
*Grover Cleveland	1885-89; 1893-97	584	7
Harry Truman	1945-1953	250	12
Dwight Eisenhower	1953-1961	181	2
Ulysses Grant	1869-1877	93	4
Theodore Roosevelt	1901-1909	82	1
Ronald Reagan	1981-1989	82	1
Gerald Ford	1974-1977	66	2
Calvin Coolidge	1923-1929	50	4
		THOSE WHO NEVER VETOED
John Adams	1797 - 1801	0
Thomas Jefferson	1801-1809	0
John Q.Adams	1825 - 1829	0
William Henry Harrison	1841	0
Zacary Taylor	1849-1850	0
Millard Fillmore	1850-1853	0
James Garfield	1881	0

President George W. Bush

1 Veto in 6 years