Friday, December 11, 2015

Executive Orders of All Presidents

George Washington Total 8 1 7.85 unnumbered
John Adams Total 1 0.25 4.00 unnumbered
Thomas Jefferson Total 4 1 8.00 unnumbered
James Madison Total 1 0.13 8.00 unnumbered
James Monroe Total
1
0.13 8.00 unnumbered
John Quincy Adams Total 3 1 4.00 unnumbered
Andrew Jackson Total
12
2 8.00 unnumbered
Martin van Buren Total 10 3 4.00 unnumbered
William Henry Harrison Total
0
0 0.08 unnumbered
John Tyler Total 17 4 3.92 unnumbered
James K. Polk Total
18
5 4.00 unnumbered
Zachary Taylor Total 5 4 1.35 unnumbered
Millard Fillmore Total 12 5 2.65 unnumbered
Franklin Pierce Total
35
9 4.00 unnumbered
James Buchanan Total 16 4 4.00 unnumbered
Abraham Lincoln Total 48 12 4.12 unnumbered
Andrew Johnson Total
79
20 3.89 unnumbered
Ulysses S. Grant Total 217 27 8.00 unnumbered
Rutherford B. Hayes Total
92
23 4.00 unnumbered
James Garfield Total 6 11 0.55 unnumbered
Chester Arthur Total 96 28 3.46 unnumbered
Grover Cleveland - I Total 113 28 4.00 unnumbered
Benjamin Harrison Total
143
36 4.00 unnumbered
Grover Cleveland - II Total 140 35 4.00 unnumbered
William McKinley Total
185
41 4.53 unnumbered
Theodore Roosevelt Total 1,081 145 7.47
William Howard Taft Total
724
181 4.00
Woodrow Wilson Total 1,803 225 8.00
Warren G. Harding Total
522
217 2.41
Calvin Coolidge Total 1,203 215 5.59
Herbert Hoover Total 968 242 4.00 5075 - 6070
Franklin D. Roosevelt Total 3,721 307 12.12 6071 - 9537
Harry S. Truman Total
907
117 7.78 9538 - 10431
I 504 133 3.78 9538 - 10029
II 403 101 4.00 10030 - 10431
Dwight D. Eisenhower Total 484 61 8.00 10432 - 10913
I 266 67 4.00 10432 - 10695-A
II 218 55 4.00 10696 - 10913
John F. Kennedy Total 214 75 2.84 10914 - 11127
Lyndon B. Johnson Total
325
63 5.17 11128 - 11451
Richard Nixon Total 346 62 5.55 11452 - 11797
I 247 62 4.00 11452 - 11698
II 99 64 1.55 11699 - 11797
Gerald R. Ford Total
169
69 2.45 11798 - 11966
Jimmy Carter Total 320 80 4.00 11967 - 12286
Ronald Reagan Total
381
48 8.00 12287 - 12667
I 213 53 4.00 12287 - 12499
II 168 42 4.00 12500 - 12667
George Bush Total 166 42 4.00 12668 - 12833
William J. Clinton Total 364 46 8.00 12834 - 13197
I 200 50 4.00 12834 - 13033
II 164 41 4.00 13034 - 13197
George W. Bush Total
291
36 8.00 13198 - 13488
I 173 43 4.00 13198 - 13370
II 118 30 4.00 13371 - 13488
Barack Obama Total 223 33 6.83 13489 - 13711
I 147 37 4.00 13489 - 13635
II 76 27 2.83 13636 - 13711
Note: Obama EO counts are updated monthly following the 20th day of the month to recompute average per year. Orders issued between updates can be accessed here:
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/executive_orders.php?year=2015

I thought this information was interesting since there has been
so much furor over President Obama's executive Orders. 

Last Update: Data Through November 20, 2015. (through 6.83 years of the Obama Administration)

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