Who is the last US president to have balanced the federal budget?

Andy F: Who is the last US president to have balanced the federal budget?
Second question: After this President succeeded in balancing the budget, did the US economy prosper for many years afterwards?

Or did it go through a stock-market “bubble,” and then crash?

Answers and Views:

Answer by HighSpoken
Clinton, i think you know what happened afterwards.

Answer by Uncle Pennybags
Clinton was the last president who succeeded in balancing the budget. He did that due to a stock market bubble (dot.com bubble) that swelled federal tax revenues far more than expected.

And the bubble started bursting just before his successor assumed office.

Answer by Dr_knowital
the republican congress forced clinton to balance the budget after they shut the federal government down for 70days. Stay tooned as soon as this congress is removed and replaced by republicans Obama too will be forced to balance a budget

Answer by One Big Awfull Mistake America
bill Clinton and right before he was impeached the market crashed then bubbled.

Answer by Anna P
That is called a business cycle. Yes, it was Clinton but that was using the Social Security Trust Fund and leaving an IOU. However, the Iraq War jacked up the deficit along with Bush’s tax cuts, just as it did under Reagan (tax cuts).

Answer by Michon
Just to let you know , Obama IS no Bill Clinton . When his numbers tank below 40% I suspect Hillary steps down from her post and begins her run for President for 12′.

Answer by Liberalism has a delusional bias
Some misinformed people think Clinton did but he didn’t

https://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/no-bill-clinton-didnt-balance-budget

Answer by W.C. Felcher
Andrew Jackson