I made a table and graph of this, but I can't seem to get it into my answer properly. Democrats had a majority in most of the post WW2 era. In the Senate, Dems had a majority from 49 to 81, 87 to 91, and 93 to 95. In the house, they had it in 49 to 51, 55 to 93, and 2007.
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In 1917, under the 65th United States Congress, the Democrat party controlled the U.S. Senate, and a coalition - includingProgressives and Socialist party Rep. Meyer London gave the Democrats a majority in the House.
The Republican party controlled the 108th Congress, 2003-2005:House: 229 Republicans, 204 Democrats, 1 IndependentSenate: 51 Republicans, 48 Democrats, 1 "Other Party"Sources:http://clerk.house.gov/art_history/house_history/index.htmlhttp://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/history/one_item_and_teasers/partydiv.htm
The whig party opposed president Andrew Jackson and most of his ideals. They favored congress over presidency.
States ruled by Congress and allies Haryana -- Congress Assam -- Congress Meghalaya -- Congress Mizoram -- Congress Arunachal Pradesh -- Congress Manipur -- Congress Goa -- Congress Andhra Pradesh -- Congress karnataka--Congress Kerala -- Congress-led United Democratic Front Maharashtra -- Congress-Nationalist Congress Party Jammu and Kashmir -- National Conference-Congress West Bengal -- Trinamool Congress-Congress States ruled by Bharatiya Janata Party and allies rajastan -- Bharatiya Janata Party Uttarakhand --Congress Madhya Pradesh -- Bharatiya Janata Party Chhattisgarh -- Bharatiya Janata Party Gujarat -- Bharatiya Janata Party Punjab -- Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party Jharkhand -- Bharatiya Janata Party-Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Nagaland -- Naga People's Front-Bharatiya Janata Party States ruled by Left Front Tripura -- Left Front States ruled by regional parties Bihar -- Janata Dal Uttar Pradesh -- Bahujan Samaj Party Sikkim -- Sikkim Democratic Front Orissa -- Biju Janata Dal Tamil Nadu -- Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Puducherry -- Rengasamy Congress-Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Congress party was the ruling party.