Senators each Democratic President had when taking office: FDR: 58 (of 96) Truman: 57 (of 96) Kennedy: 64 LBJ: 66 Carter: 61 Clinton: 57 Obama: 58 Biden: 50 Every Dem President of the last 100 years got at least 57 Dem Senators to start with. Except Biden who only got 50.