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Here is a list of US presidents and the number of executive orders each has signed. The president with the most executive orders was FDR with 3,522.
Barack Obama - 144 (so far)
George W. Bush - 291
Clinton - 364
George Bush - 166
Reagan - 381
Carter - 320
Ford - 169
Nixon - 346
Johnson - 325
Kennedy - 214
Eisenhower - 484
Truman - 907
Franklin D. Roosevelt - 3,522
Hoover - 968
Coolidge - 1,203
Harding - 522
Wilson - 1,803
Taft - 724
Theodore Roosevelt - 1,081
McKinley - 185
Cleveland II - 140
Harrison - 143
Cleveland I - 113
Arthur - 96
Garfield - 6
Hayes - 92
Grant - 217
Andrew Johnson - 79
Lincoln - 48
Buchanan - 16
Pierce - 35
Fillmore - 12
Taylor - 5
Polk - 18
Tyler - 17
Harrison - 0
van Buren - 10
Jackson - 12
Adams - 3
Monroe - 1
Madison - 1
Jefferson - 4
Adams - 1
Washington - 8
See the related link for the Executive Orders Disposition Tables Index at the National Archives.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 11y agoFirst, contrary to internet rumors that say President Obama has signed thousands, the correct total as of late September 2012 is 139 executive orders, a totally normal amount for a president in his fourth year. As for how many orders the other presidents have signed, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (who served the longest of any U.S. president) signed the most-- more than 3,000 of them. I enclose a link to which presidents have signed which executive orders.
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∙ 9y agoThe 43 U.S. Presidents are listed below in order according to the number of executive orders issued, from most to least:
- 3522 : Franklin D. Roosevelt
- 1803 : Woodrow Wilson
- 1203 : Calvin Coolidge
- 1081 : Theodore Roosevelt
- 968 : Herbert Hoover
- 907 : Harry S. Truman
- 724 : William Howard Taft
- 522 : Warren G. Harding
- 484 : Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 381 : Ronald Reagan
- 364 : Bill Clinton
- 346 : Richard Nixon
- 325 : Lyndon B. Johnson
- 320 : Jimmy Carter
- 291 : George W. Bush
- 253 : Grover Cleveland
- 217 : Ulysses S. Grant
- 214 : John F. Kennedy
- 185 : William McKinley
- 178 : Barack Obama (up to 26 April 2014)
- 169 : Gerald R. Ford
- 166 : George H. W. Bush
- 143 : Benjamin Harrison
- 96 : Chester A. Arthur
- 92 : Rutherford B. Hayes
- 79 : Andrew Johnson
- 48 : Abraham Lincoln
- 35 : Franklin Pierce
- 18 : James K. Polk
- 17 : John Tyler
- 16 : James Buchanan
- 12 : Andrew Jackson
- 12 : Millard Fillmore
- 10 : Martin Van Buren
- 8 : George Washington
- 6 : James A. Garfield
- 5 : Zachary Taylor
- 4 : Thomas Jefferson
- 3 : John Quincy Adams
- 1 : John Adams
- 1 : James Madison
- 1 : James Monroe
- 0 : William Henry Harrison
Since the lengths of the presidencies vary a lot, to make it fair, the list below is in order according to executive orders issued per 1000 days in office:
- 796.5 : Franklin D. Roosevelt
- 662.6 : Herbert Hoover
- 617.0 : Woodrow Wilson
- 592.5 : Warren G. Harding
- 589.7 : Calvin Coolidge
- 495.6 : William Howard Taft
- 396.3 : Theodore Roosevelt
- 319.4 : Harry S. Truman
- 219.0 : Jimmy Carter
- 206.6 : John F. Kennedy
- 188.8 : Gerald R. Ford
- 172.3 : Lyndon B. Johnson
- 170.7 : Richard Nixon
- 165.6 : Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 130.4 : Ronald Reagan
- 124.6 : Bill Clinton
- 113.6 : George H. W. Bush
- 111.9 : William McKinley
- 99.6 : George W. Bush
- 97.9 : Benjamin Harrison
- 92.6 : Barack Obama
- 86.6 : Grover Cleveland
- 76.1 : Chester A. Arthur
- 74.3 : Ulysses S. Grant
- 63.0 : Rutherford B. Hayes
- 55.7 : Andrew Johnson
- 31.9 : Abraham Lincoln
- 30.2 : James A. Garfield
- 24.0 : Franklin Pierce
- 12.4 : Millard Fillmore
- 12.3 : James K. Polk
- 11.9 : John Tyler
- 11.0 : James Buchanan
- 10.2 : Zachary Taylor
- 6.8 : Martin Van Buren
- 4.1 : Andrew Jackson
- 2.8 : George Washington
- 2.1 : John Quincy Adams
- 1.4 : Thomas Jefferson
- 0.7 : John Adams
- 0.3 : James Madison
- 0.3 : James Monroe
- 0.0 : William Henry Harrison
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How many executive orders for each president?
If you are asking whether President Obama has issued the most executive orders (as claimed in an internet chain e-mail), the answer is no. In fact, he has issued fewer executive orders than many of his predecessors, including President George W. Bush (Mr. Bush issued 291 of them, while President Obama's current total is 168). I enclose a link to a reliable total of all executive orders: President Franklin Delano Roosevelt issued the most (more than 3500 of them during his 12 years in office).
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