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President Harry TrumanTotal = $5 billion, a 2% increase
FY 1953: $6 billion
FY 1952: $2 billion
FY 1951: $6 billion surplus
FY 1950: $3 billion
FY 1949: $1 billion surplus
FY 1948: $12 billion surplus
FY 1947: $4 billion surplus
FY 1946: $16 billion

President Franklin D. RooseveltTotal = $194 billion, a 186% increase
FY 1945: $48 billion
FY 1944: $48 billion
FY 1943: $55 billion
FY 1942: $21 billion
FY 1941: $5 billion
FY 1940: $3 billion
FY 1939: $3 billion
FY 1938: $0 billion with a slight deficit
FY 1937: $2 billion
FY 1936: $4 billion
FY 1935: $3 billion
FY 1934: $4 billion

President Herbert HooverTotal = $5 billion, a 30% increase
FY 1933: $3 billion
FY 1932: $3 billion
FY 1931: $0 billion (slight deficit)
FY 1930: $1 billion surplus

President Calvin CoolidgeTotal = $5 billion surplus, a 26% decrease
FY 1929: $1 billion surplus
FY 1928: $1 billion surplus
FY 1927: $1 billion surplus
FY 1926: $1 billion surplus
FY 1925: $1 billion surplus
FY 1924: $1 billion surplus

President Warren G. HardingTotal = $1 billion surplus, a 6% decrease
FY 1923: $1 billion surplus
FY 1922: $0 billion with a slight surplus



President Woodrow WilsonTotal = $22 billion, a 775% increase
FY 1921: $1 billion surplus
FY 1920: $0 billion with a slight surplus
FY 1919: $13 billion
FY 1918: $9 billion
FY 1917: $1 billion
FY 1916: $0 billion with a slight surplus
FY 1915: $0 billion with a slight surplus
FY 1914: $0 billion