Using the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, I created the following table and sorted the numbers by private sector job creation.
19,495
Bill Clinton
Democrat
13,594
Ronald Reagan
Republican
8,892
Lyndon B. Johnson
Democrat
8,752
Harry S. Truman
Democrat
8,592
Jimmy Carter
Democrat
6,551
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democrat
5,255
Richard Nixon
Republican
2,728
John F. Kennedy
Democrat
2,234
Gerald Ford
Republican
1,555
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican
1,042
George H. W. Bush
Republican
-563
George W. Bush
Republican
