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Executive Orders Archive

Every President • 1789 to Present

★ The American Presidency ★

Presidential Directory

Explore executive decrees, average document length, and sentiment distribution across every administration from 1789 to today.

Official portrait of George Washington
#1
Unaffiliated 1789-1797

George Washington

1 orders
~249 words/order
Avg Sentiment: 0.00 (Neutral)
Official portrait of John Adams
#2
Federalist 1797-1801

John Adams

0 orders
Official portrait of Thomas Jefferson
#3
Democratic-Republican 1801-1809

Thomas Jefferson

0 orders
Official portrait of James Madison
#4
Democratic-Republican 1809-1817

James Madison

0 orders
Official portrait of James Monroe
#5
Democratic-Republican 1817-1825

James Monroe

0 orders
Official portrait of John Quincy Adams
#6
Democratic-Republican 1825-1829

John Quincy Adams

2 orders
~744 words/order
Avg Sentiment: 0.00 (Neutral)
Official portrait of Andrew Jackson
#7
Democrat 1829-1837

Andrew Jackson

7 orders
~535 words/order
Avg Sentiment: +0.06 (Optimistic)
Official portrait of Martin Van Buren
#8
Democrat 1837-1841

Martin Van Buren

2 orders
~211 words/order
Avg Sentiment: 0.00 (Neutral)
Official portrait of William Henry Harrison
#9
Whig 1841-1841

William Henry Harrison

0 orders
Official portrait of John Tyler
#10
Whig 1841-1845

John Tyler

2 orders
~369 words/order
Avg Sentiment: +0.20 (Optimistic)
Official portrait of James K. Polk
#11
Democrat 1845-1849

James K. Polk

4 orders
~1525 words/order
Avg Sentiment: -0.09 (Urgent)
Official portrait of Zachary Taylor
#12
Whig 1849-1850

Zachary Taylor

1 orders
~453 words/order
Avg Sentiment: 0.00 (Neutral)
Official portrait of Millard Fillmore
#13
Whig 1850-1853

Millard Fillmore

7 orders
~159 words/order
Avg Sentiment: +0.05 (Optimistic)
Official portrait of Franklin Pierce
#14
Democrat 1853-1857

Franklin Pierce

2 orders
~375 words/order
Avg Sentiment: 0.00 (Neutral)
Official portrait of James Buchanan
#15
Democrat 1857-1861

James Buchanan

1 orders
~407 words/order
Avg Sentiment: 0.00 (Neutral)
Official portrait of Abraham Lincoln
#16
Republican 1861-1865

Abraham Lincoln

119 orders
~204 words/order
Avg Sentiment: 0.00 (Neutral)
Official portrait of Andrew Johnson
#17
Democrat 1865-1869

Andrew Johnson

70 orders
~272 words/order
Avg Sentiment: 0.00 (Neutral)
Official portrait of Ulysses S. Grant
#18
Republican 1869-1877

Ulysses S. Grant

112 orders
~247 words/order
Avg Sentiment: 0.00 (Neutral)
Official portrait of Rutherford B. Hayes
#19
Republican 1877-1881

Rutherford B. Hayes

37 orders
~179 words/order
Avg Sentiment: 0.00 (Neutral)
Official portrait of James A. Garfield
#20
Republican 1881-1881

James A. Garfield

2 orders
~64 words/order
Avg Sentiment: 0.00 (Neutral)
Official portrait of Chester A. Arthur
#21
Republican 1881-1885

Chester A. Arthur

72 orders
~302 words/order
Avg Sentiment: 0.00 (Neutral)
Official portrait of Grover Cleveland
#22
Democrat 1885-1889, 1893-1897

Grover Cleveland

173 orders
~331 words/order
Avg Sentiment: 0.00 (Neutral)
Official portrait of Benjamin Harrison
#23
Republican 1889-1893

Benjamin Harrison

67 orders
~198 words/order
Avg Sentiment: 0.00 (Neutral)
Official portrait of William McKinley
#24
Republican 1897-1901

William McKinley

117 orders
~203 words/order
Avg Sentiment: 0.00 (Neutral)
Official portrait of Theodore Roosevelt
#25
Republican 1901-1909

Theodore Roosevelt

104 orders
~122 words/order
Avg Sentiment: 0.00 (Neutral)
Official portrait of William Howard Taft
#26
Republican 1909-1913

William Howard Taft

75 orders
~183 words/order
Avg Sentiment: 0.00 (Neutral)
Official portrait of Woodrow Wilson
#27
Democrat 1913-1921

Woodrow Wilson

150 orders
~370 words/order
Avg Sentiment: 0.00 (Neutral)
Official portrait of Warren G. Harding
#28
Republican 1921-1923

Warren G. Harding

27 orders
~337 words/order
Avg Sentiment: 0.00 (Neutral)
Official portrait of Calvin Coolidge
#29
Republican 1923-1929

Calvin Coolidge

80 orders
~275 words/order
Avg Sentiment: +0.05 (Optimistic)
Official portrait of Herbert Hoover
#30
Republican 1929-1933

Herbert Hoover

1001 orders
~280 words/order
Avg Sentiment: 0.00 (Neutral)
Official portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt
#31
Democrat 1933-1945

Franklin D. Roosevelt

3701 orders
~353 words/order
Avg Sentiment: 0.00 (Neutral)
Official portrait of Harry S. Truman
#32
Democrat 1945-1953

Harry S. Truman

907 orders
~650 words/order
Avg Sentiment: 0.00 (Neutral)
Official portrait of Dwight D. Eisenhower
#33
Republican 1953-1961

Dwight D. Eisenhower

483 orders
~581 words/order
Avg Sentiment: 0.00 (Neutral)
Official portrait of John F. Kennedy
#34
Democrat 1961-1963

John F. Kennedy

214 orders
~747 words/order
Avg Sentiment: 0.00 (Neutral)
Official portrait of Lyndon B. Johnson
#35
Democrat 1963-1969

Lyndon B. Johnson

325 orders
~525 words/order
Avg Sentiment: +0.05 (Optimistic)
Official portrait of Richard Nixon
#36
Republican 1969-1974

Richard Nixon

346 orders
~525 words/order
Avg Sentiment: +0.07 (Optimistic)
Official portrait of Gerald Ford
#37
Republican 1974-1977

Gerald Ford

0 orders
Official portrait of Jimmy Carter
#38
Democrat 1977-1981

Jimmy Carter

320 orders
~660 words/order
Avg Sentiment: +0.08 (Optimistic)
Official portrait of Ronald Reagan
#39
Republican 1981-1989

Ronald Reagan

381 orders
~561 words/order
Avg Sentiment: +0.12 (Optimistic)
Official portrait of George H. W. Bush
#40
Republican 1989-1993

George H. W. Bush

0 orders
Official portrait of Bill Clinton
#41
Democrat 1993-2001

Bill Clinton

0 orders
Official portrait of George W. Bush
#42
Republican 2001-2009

George W. Bush

291 orders
~834 words/order
Avg Sentiment: +0.34 (Optimistic)
Official portrait of Barack Obama
#43
Democrat 2009-2017

Barack Obama

276 orders
~1197 words/order
Avg Sentiment: +0.47 (Optimistic)
Official portrait of Donald Trump
#44
Republican 2017-2021, 2025-present

Donald Trump

200 orders
~1270 words/order
Avg Sentiment: +0.59 (Optimistic)
Official portrait of Joe Biden
#45
Democrat 2021-2025

Joe Biden

0 orders