Presidents Who Cut the National Debt in a Fiscal Year

Name the United States presidents who ended a fiscal year with less federal government debt that the fiscal year started with. To be clear: this does not necessarily mean the federal government had less debt when they left office than when they came into office. This is based on nominal dollar amounts. This does not necessarily mean they had a budget surplus. There could have been deflation, and some years which experienced a budget surplus may not be on here because the interest on the previously outstanding debt was greater in magnitude than the surplus.
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1793
George Washington
1796
George Washington
1797
John Adams
1798
John Adams
1801
Thomas Jefferson
1802
Thomas Jefferson
1804
Thomas Jefferson
1805
Thomas Jefferson
1806
Thomas Jefferson
1807
Thomas Jefferson
1808
Thomas Jefferson
1809
James Madison
1810
James Madison
1811
James Madison
1816
James Madison
1817
James Monroe
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1818
James Monroe
1819
James Monroe
1820
James Monroe
1822
James Monroe
1823
James Monroe
1824
John Quincy Adams
1825
John Quincy Adams
1826
John Quincy Adams
1827
John Quincy Adams
1828
John Quincy Adams
1829
Andrew Jackson
1830
Andrew Jackson
1831
Andrew Jackson
1832
Andrew Jackson
1833
Andrew Jackson
1834
Andrew Jackson
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1839
Martin Van Buren
1843
John Tyler
1844
John Tyler
1845
James K. Polk
1851
Millard Fillmore
1852
Franklin Pierce
1853
Franklin Pierce
1854
Franklin Pierce
1855
Franklin Pierce
1856
Franklin Pierce
1866
Andrew Johnson
1867
Andrew Johnson
1868
Andrew Johnson
1869
Ulysses S. Grant
1870
Ulysses S. Grant
1871
Ulysses S. Grant
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1872
Ulysses S. Grant
1874
Ulysses S. Grant
1875
Ulysses S. Grant
1879
Rutherford B. Hayes
1880
Rutherford B. Hayes
1881
James Garfield
1882
Chester A. Arthur
1883
Chester A. Arthur
1885
Grover Cleveland
1886
Grover Cleveland
1888
Grover Cleveland
1889
Benjamin Harrison
1890
Benjamin Harrison
1892
Benjamin Harrison
1897
William McKinley
1913
Woodrow Wilson
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1919
Woodrow Wilson
1920
Woodrow Wilson
1921
Warren Harding
1922
Warren Harding
1923
Warren Harding
1924
Calvin Coolidge
1925
Calvin Coolidge
1926
Calvin Coolidge
1927
Calvin Coolidge
1928
Calvin Coolidge
1929
Herbert Hoover
1946
Harry Truman
1947
Harry Truman
1950
Harry Truman
1955
Dwight D. Eisenhower
1956
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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