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Leadership Share: National

The following chart and table illustrate each generation’s share of the U.S. National Leadership (Representatives, Senators and Governors combined). For years before 1789, the average is derived from each generation’s share of Governors and Delegates to the Continental Congress.

Chart 1: Share of U.S. National Leadership, by Generation (1789–2005)
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Table 1: National Leadership Share by Generation, 1789–2005
Year AWAK LIB REP COMP TRAN GILD PRO MISS LOST G.I. SIL BOOM GENX
1775 51 38 11 – – – – – – – – – –
1777 25 63 13 – – – – – – – – – –
1779 21 56 24 – – – – – – – – – –
1781 18 58 25 – – – – – – – – – –
1783 14 62 24 – – – – – – – – – –
1785 12 60 29 – – – – – – – – – –
1787 13 43 45 – – – – – – – – – –
1789 4 47 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1791 1 40 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1793 1 28 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1795 2 18 79 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1797 0 14 82 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1799 0 11 82 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1801 0 12 73 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1803 0 11 72 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1805 0 10 71 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1807 0 9 67 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1809 0 4 62 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1811 0 5 54 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1813 0 0 48 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1815 0 0 44 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1817 0 0 30 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1819 0 0 26 73 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1821 0 0 19 79 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1823 0 0 14 83 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1825 0 0 7 86 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1827 0 0 8 82 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1829 0 0 6 82 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1831 0 0 5 75 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1833 0 0 3 68 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1835 0 0 2 59 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1837 0 0 1 51 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1839 0 0 0 43 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1841 0 0 0 35 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1843 0 0 0 26 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1845 0 0 0 22 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1847 0 0 0 17 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1849 0 0 0 15 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1851 0 0 0 12 87 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1853 0 0 0 6 91 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1855 0 0 0 6 90 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1857 0 0 0 4 90 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1859 0 0 0 2 89 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1861 0 0 0 2 84 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1863 0 0 0 1 76 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1865 0 0 0 1 72 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1867 0 0 0 0 57 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1869 0 0 0 0 46 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1871 0 0 0 0 40 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1873 0 0 0 0 40 60 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1875 0 0 0 0 32 67 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1877 0 0 0 0 27 72 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1879 0 0 0 0 23 74 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
1881 0 0 0 0 15 80 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
1883 0 0 0 0 13 75 12 0 0 0 0 0 0
1885 0 0 0 0 11 73 16 0 0 0 0 0 0
1887 0 0 0 0 10 71 19 0 0 0 0 0 0
1889 0 0 0 0 9 62 29 0 0 0 0 0 0
1891 0 0 0 0 4 62 33 1 0 0 0 0 0
1893 0 0 0 0 2 57 40 1 0 0 0 0 0
1895 0 0 0 0 1 45 49 4 0 0 0 0 0
1897 0 0 0 0 1 36 56 7 0 0 0 0 0
1899 0 0 0 0 0 30 60 9 0 0 0 0 0
1901 0 0 0 0 0 26 61 14 0 0 0 0 0
1903 0 0 0 0 0 22 57 20 0 0 0 0 0
1905 0 0 0 0 0 16 56 28 0 0 0 0 0
1907 0 0 0 0 0 13 50 36 0 0 0 0 0
1909 0 0 0 0 0 9 50 41 0 0 0 0 0
1911 0 0 0 0 0 5 43 51 0 0 0 0 0
1913 0 0 0 0 0 4 39 57 1 0 0 0 0
1915 0 0 0 0 0 2 37 61 0 0 0 0 0
1917 0 0 0 0 0 1 27 70 1 0 0 0 0
1919 0 0 0 0 0 1 23 75 1 0 0 0 0
1921 0 0 0 0 0 1 20 76 3 0 0 0 0
1923 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 81 5 0 0 0 0
1925 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 79 10 0 0 0 0
1927 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 76 13 0 0 0 0
1929 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 77 17 0 0 0 0
1931 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 74 23 0 0 0 0
1933 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 69 29 1 0 0 0
1935 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 57 40 2 0 0 0
1937 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 49 3 0 0 0
1939 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 39 53 7 0 0 0
1941 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 32 59 8 0 0 0
1943 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 61 11 0 0 0
1945 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 61 16 0 0 0
1947 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 60 25 0 0 0
1949 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 57 33 0 0 0
1951 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 51 41 0 0 0
1953 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 45 47 0 0 0
1955 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 44 50 0 0 0
1957 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 37 59 0 0 0
1959 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 29 67 1 0 0
1961 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 27 68 4 0 0
1963 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20 74 5 0 0
1965 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 76 9 0 0
1967 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 74 14 0 0
1969 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 72 20 0 0
1971 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 67 26 0 0
1973 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 63 34 0 0
1975 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 53 44 1 0
1977 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 44 53 2 0
1979 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 59 5 0
1981 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 63 7 0
1983 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 68 11 0
1985 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 67 13 0
1987 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 65 17 0
1989 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 65 21 0
1991 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 60 26 0
1993 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 56 33 0
1995 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 48 45 1
1997 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 44 49 1
1999 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 40 54 2
2001 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 35 59 4
2003 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 29 64 5
2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 26 65 7

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Key to Generations

Generation¹ Birth Years
¹A generation is defined by a common age location in history and a collective peer personality. See Generations (under Method & Insight).
Awakening 1701–1723
Liberty 1724–1741
Republican 1742–1766
Compromise 1767–1791
Transcendental 1792–1821
Gilded 1822–1842
Progressive 1843–1859
Missionary 1860–1882
Lost 1883–1900
G.I. 1901–1924
Silent 1925–1942
Boom 1943–1960
Generation X 1961–1981
Millennial 1982–Present

Current Ages of the Living Generations

Generation Age
Lost 106+
G.I. 82–105
Silent 64–81
Boomer 46–63
Gen-X 25–45
Millennial –24

Millennial Saeculum

Saeculum Dates
High 1946–1964
Awakening 1964–1984
Unraveling 1984–20??
Crisis 20??–20??
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