The one the only, the ever so infamous, Joseph Stalin.
In the United States, divided government describes a situation in which one party controls the executive branch while another party controls one or both houses of the legislative branch.
They have been looked down upon for decades and possibly centuries. It had become a sort of a social norm in a sense to view them that way, hence all of the public opinion has shaped how we think of them today.
The battle of New Orleans. US victory I recommend looking into it. It's super interesting.<span />