19th President

Republican Terms: 1877-1881

Rutherford B. Hayes

Orders Tracked

Avg Words / Order

179

Avg Read Time

~1 min

Avg Sentiment

+0.02

⚖️ Constitutional Alignment & Sentiment

Evaluated strictly through the U.S. Constitution (Articles I–VII) & Amendments from an Early Statesman's prism

37 Scored

0 (0%)

Constitutional Fidelity

Art. II §3 faithful statutory execution & civil liberty protection

0 (0%)

Constitutional Neutral

Routine departmental administration, civil service, executive seals

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Friction & Overreach

Art. I purse/commerce tension, 10th Amend federalism, property takings

Executive Orders Issued (37)

Order Mar 2, 1881

Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order—Reservation of Land for Mission Indians in California

🏛️ Art. II §1: Executive Discretion & Internal Operations

EXECUTIVE MANSION, March, 2, 1881. It is hereby ordered that the following-described lands in California, viz: Sections 26 and 35 in township 10 south, of range 1 west, and sections 2 and 3, in township 11 south, of range 1 west of the San Bernardino meridian be, and the same are...

Rutherford B. Hayes

⏱ 1m • 91 words

Order Feb 22, 1881

Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

🏛️ Art. II §2: Commander-in-Chief Supervisory Authority

The SECRETARY OF WAR: In view of the well-known fact that the sale of intoxicating liquors in the Army of the United States is the cause of much demoralization among both officers and men, and that it gives rise to a large proportion of the cases before general and garrison court...

Rutherford B. Hayes

⏱ 1m • 103 words

Order Nov 23, 1880

Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order—Withdrawal of Land for Suppai (Havasupai) Indians

🏛️ Art. II §1: Executive Discretion & Internal Operations

EXECUTIVE MANSION, November 23, 1880. It is hereby ordered that the following described country, lying within the boundaries of the Territory of Arizona, viz: Beginning at a point in the middle of Cataract Creek, 2 miles below the lowest fall north of the settlement of the Suppai...

Rutherford B. Hayes

⏱ 1m • 165 words

Order Sep 21, 1880

Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order—Defining Boundaries for Jicarilla Apache Indians

🏛️ Art. II §1: Executive Discretion & Internal Operations

EXECUTIVE MANSION. September 21, 1880. It is hereby ordered that the tract of country in the Territory of New Mexico, lying within the following-described boundaries, viz: Beginning at the southwest corner of the Mexican grant known as the “Tierra Amarilla grant,"’ as surveyed by...

Rutherford B. Hayes

⏱ 1m • 140 words

Order Jul 23, 1880

Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order—Canceling Fort Harney Military Reservation

🏛️ Art. II §2: Commander-in-Chief Supervisory Authority

Executive Mansion, Washington, July 23, 1880. The Executive order dated December 5, 1872, creating the “Fort Harney military reservation,” in Oregon, is hereby canceled, and the lands embraced therein and as shown on the accompanying plat are hereby made subject to the Executive ...

Rutherford B. Hayes

⏱ 1m • 73 words

Order Jul 13, 1880

Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order—Restoration of Tract in Montana to Public Domain

🏛️ Art. II §2: Commander-in-Chief Supervisory Authority

EXECUTIVE MANSION, July 13, 1880. It is hereby ordered that the tract of country in the Territory of Montana, being a portion of the tract of country which was set aside by Executive order of the 13th April, 1875, as an addition to the then existing reservation for the Gros Ventr...

Rutherford B. Hayes

⏱ 1m • 217 words

Order Jun 8, 1880

Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order—Establishment of Suppai (Havasupai) Reserve

🏛️ Art. II §1: Executive Discretion & Internal Operations

EXECUTIVE MANSION, June 8, 1880. It is hereby ordered that the following-described country, lying within the boundaries of the Territory of Arizona, viz, beginning at a point in the middle of Cataract Creek, 2 miles below the lowest fall, south of the settlement of the Suppai Ind...

Rutherford B. Hayes

⏱ 1m • 142 words

Order May 27, 1880

Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

🏛️ Art. II §2: Commander-in-Chief Supervisory Authority

DEAR SIR: * I am directed by the President to say that the several Departments of the Government will be closed on Saturday, the 29th instant, in remembrance of those who fell in defense of the nation, and to enable the employees to participate in the commemorative ceremonies of ...

Rutherford B. Hayes

⏱ 1m • 70 words

Order Mar 6, 1880

Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order—Adding Land to Territory for Chief Moses

🏛️ Art. II §1: Executive Discretion & Internal Operations

Executive Mansion, March 6, 1880. It is hereby ordered that the tract of country in Washington Territory lying within the following-described boundaries, viz: Commencing at a point where the south boundary line of the reservation created for Chief Moses and bis people by Executiv...

Rutherford B. Hayes

⏱ 1m • 251 words

Order Jan 17, 1880

Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order—Revision of Agua Caliente and Santa Ysabel Indian Reservations

🏛️ Art. II §1: Executive Discretion & Internal Operations

EXECUTIVE MANSION, January 17, 1880. It is hereby ordered that so much of the order of December 27, 1875, as relates to the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation in California be, and the same is hereby, canceled. It is also hereby ordered that said order of December 27, 1875, so far ...

Rutherford B. Hayes

⏱ 1m • 231 words

Order Jan 6, 1880

Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order—Withdrawing Navajo Territories

🏛️ Art. II §2: Diplomatic & Foreign Policy Prerogative

Executive Mansion, January 6, 1880. It is hereby ordered that the following-described country lying within the boundaries of the Territories of New Mexico and Arizona, viz: Commencing in the middle of the channel of the San Juan River, where the east line of the Navajo Reservatio...

Rutherford B. Hayes

⏱ 1m • 178 words

Order Aug 9, 1879

Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order—Returning Sioux Land in Dakota to Public Domain

🏛️ Art. II §2: Commander-in-Chief Supervisory Authority

Executive Mansion, August 9, 1879. It is hereby ordered that all that portion of the Sioux Indian Reservation in Dakota Territory created by Executive orders dated January 11, March 16, and May 20, 1875, and November 28, 1876, lying within the following-described boundaries, viz:...

Rutherford B. Hayes

⏱ 3m • 523 words

Order Jun 14, 1879

Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order—Expansion of Pima and Maricopa Indian Reservation

🏛️ Art. II §2: Commander-in-Chief Supervisory Authority

Executive Mansion, June 14, 1879. In lieu of an executive order dated January 10, 1879, setting apart certain lands in the Territory of Arizona as a reservation for the Pima and Maricopa Indians, which order is hereby canceled, it is hereby ordered that there be withdrawn from sa...

Rutherford B. Hayes

⏱ 2m • 416 words

Order May 28, 1879

Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

🏛️ Art. II §2: Commander-in-Chief Supervisory Authority

EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washington, May 28, 1879. SIR:* I am directed by the President to say that the several Departments of the Government will be closed on Friday, the 30th instant, in remembrance of those who fell in defense of the nation, and to enable the employees to participat...

Rutherford B. Hayes

⏱ 1m • 65 words

Order Apr 19, 1879

Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order—Approving Land for Chief Moses

🏛️ Art. II §1: Executive Discretion & Internal Operations

Executive Mansion, April 19, 1879. It is hereby ordered that the tract of country in Washington Territory lying within the following-described boundaries, viz: Commencing at the intersection of the forty-mile limits of the branch line of the Northern Pacific Railroad with the Oki...

Rutherford B. Hayes

⏱ 1m • 163 words

Order Mar 18, 1879

Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order—Establishment of Otter Tail and Pillager Chippewa Reservation

🏛️ 10th Amend: Intergovernmental Federalism Cooperation

[Occupied by Chippewa of the Mississippi, Gull Lake, Pembina, Otter Tail, and Pillager Chippewa; area, I,099 ¼ square miles; established by treaty of March 19, 1867, and act of January 14, 1889 (25 Stat., 642).] EXECUTIVE MANSION, March 18, 1879. It is hereby ordered that the fol...

Rutherford B. Hayes

⏱ 1m • 293 words

Order Feb 7, 1879

Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order—Establishment of Ute Indian Reservation in Colorado

🏛️ 10th Amend: Intergovernmental Federalism Cooperation

EXECUTIVE MANSION, February 7, 1879. It is hereby ordered that the following-described tract of country in the State of Colorado, to wit: Commencing at the intersection of the 37th parallel of north latitude with the 107th degree of west longitude; thence east along said parallel...

Rutherford B. Hayes

⏱ 1m • 146 words

Order Feb 4, 1879

Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

🏛️ Art. II §3: Administrative Management & Civil Service

General E. A. MERRITT. MY DEAR GENERAL: I congratulate you on your confirmation. It is a great gratification to me, very honorable to you, and will prove, I believe, of signal service to the country. My desire is that the office be conducted on strictly business principles, and a...

Rutherford B. Hayes

⏱ 1m • 254 words

Order Jan 16, 1879

Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order—Cancelling Carlin Farms

🏛️ Art. II §1: Executive Discretion & Internal Operations

EXECUTIVE MANSION, January 16, 1879. It is hereby ordered that the order of May 10, 1877, setting apart as a reservation for the Northwestern Shoshone Indians of Nevada the following-described lands (known as the Carlin Farms), viz: Beginning at the quarter-section corner post on...

Rutherford B. Hayes

⏱ 1m • 273 words

Order Jan 10, 1879

Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order—Expansion of Pima and Maricopa Indian Reservation

🏛️ Art. II §1: Executive Discretion & Internal Operations

EXECUTIVE MANSION, January 10, 1879. It is hereby ordered that all the public lands embraced within the following boundaries lying within the Territory of Arizona, viz, commencing at the mouth of the Salt River, running thence up the Gila River to the south line of township No. 2...

Rutherford B. Hayes

⏱ 1m • 249 words

Order Oct 29, 1878

Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order—Defining Boundaries for Navajo Indians

🏛️ Art. II §1: Executive Discretion & Internal Operations

EXECUTIVE MANSION, October 29, 1878. It is hereby ordered that the tract of country in the Territory of Arizona lying within the following-described boundaries, viz: Commencing at the northwest corner of the Navajo Indian Reservation, on the boundary line between the Territories ...

Rutherford B. Hayes

⏱ 1m • 126 words

Order Aug 3, 1878

Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order—Restoration of Portion of Tule River Indian Reservation to Public Domain

🏛️ Art. II §1: Executive Discretion & Internal Operations

EXECUTIVE MANSION, August 3, 1878. It is hereby ordered that all of that portion of the Tule River Indian Reservation in California lying within the following boundary, viz: Commencing at a place where a line running due north from a point on the South Fork of the Tule River, 4 m...

Rutherford B. Hayes

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Order May 27, 1878

Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

🏛️ Art. II §2: Commander-in-Chief Supervisory Authority

SIR:* I am directed by the President to say that the several Departments of the Government will be closed on Thursday, the 30th instant, in respect to the memory of those who fell in defense of the Union, and to enable the employees to participate in the commemorative ceremonies ...

Rutherford B. Hayes

⏱ 1m • 71 words

Order Dec 31, 1877

Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

🏛️ Art. II §1: Executive Discretion & Internal Operations

JAMES H. COGGESHALL, Esq., Marshal of the United States for the District of Rhode Island, Providence, R. I SIR: By virtue of the authority conferred upon me by section 5287 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, and in execution of the same, you are hereby empowered and di...

Rutherford B. Hayes

⏱ 1m • 103 words

Order Nov 2, 1877

Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

🏛️ Art. II §2: Commander-in-Chief Supervisory Authority

I lament the sad occasion which makes it my duty to testify the public respect for the eminent citizen and distinguished statesman whose death yesterday at his home in Indianapolis has been made known to the people by telegraphic announcement. The services of Oliver P. Morton to ...

Rutherford B. Hayes

⏱ 1m • 177 words

Order Sep 29, 1877

Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order—Reserving California Land for Indian Purposes

🏛️ Art. II §1: Executive Discretion & Internal Operations

EXECUTIVE MANSION, September 29, 1877. It is hereby ordered that the following-described lands in California, to wit, all the evennumbered sections, and all the unsurveyed portions of township 4 south, range 4 east; township 4 south, range 5 east; and township 5 south, range 4 ea...

Rutherford B. Hayes

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Order Aug 25, 1877

Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order—Reservation of Lands in California for Indian Purposes

🏛️ Art. II §1: Executive Discretion & Internal Operations

EXECUTIVE MANSION, August 25, 1877. It is hereby ordered that the following lands in California, to wit, all the even-numbered sections and all the unsurveyed portions of township 2 south, range 1 east, township 2 south, range 2 east; township 3 south, range 1 east; and township ...

Rutherford B. Hayes

⏱ 1m • 102 words

Order Aug 25, 1877

Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order—Canceling Hot Springs Reservation

🏛️ Art. II §1: Executive Discretion & Internal Operations

EXECUTIVE MANSION, August 25, 1877. It is hereby ordered that the order of December 21, 1875, setting apart the following lands in New Mexico as the Hot Springs Indian Reservation, viz: Beginning at a point on the east side of the Canada, about 1,000 yards directly east of the ru...

Rutherford B. Hayes

⏱ 1m • 138 words

Order Aug 7, 1877

Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

🏛️ Art. II §2: Commander-in-Chief Supervisory Authority

By virtue of authority conferred upon the President of the United States by the provisions of section 2132, Revised Statutes of the United States, as follows: The President is authorized, whenever in his opinion the public interest may require the same, to prohibit the introducti...

Rutherford B. Hayes

⏱ 2m • 358 words

Order Jun 22, 1877

Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

🏛️ Art. I §8: Delegated Tariff & Commerce Execution

SIR:* I desire to call your attention to the following paragraph in a letter addressed by me to the Secretary of the Treasury on the conduct to be observed by officers of the General Government in relation to the elections: *Addressed to Federal officers generally, No officer sho...

Rutherford B. Hayes

⏱ 1m • 148 words

Order May 26, 1877

Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order ["The Civil Service Order"]

🏛️ Art. I §8: Delegated Tariff & Commerce Execution

Hon. JOHN SHERMAN, Secretary of the Treasury. My DEAR SIR: I have read the partial report of the commission appointed to examine the New York custom-house. I concur with the commission in their recommendations. It is my wish that the collection of the revenues should be free from...

Rutherford B. Hayes

⏱ 1m • 173 words

Order May 10, 1877

Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order—Defining Carlin Farms Boundaries

🏛️ 10th Amend: Intergovernmental Federalism Cooperation

EXECUTIVE MANSION, May 10, 1877. It is hereby ordered that all that tract of country in the State of Nevada (known as the Carlin Farms), lying within the following boundaries, viz: Beginning at the quarter-section comer post on the west boundary of section 6, township 35 north, r...

Rutherford B. Hayes

⏱ 1m • 279 words

Order May 9, 1877

Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

🏛️ Art. II §1: Executive Discretion & Internal Operations

SIR:* The President directs me to say that the several Departments of the Government will be closed on Wednesday, the 30th instant, to enable the employees to participate in the decoration of the graves of the soldiers who fell during the rebellion. I am, sir, your obedient serva...

Rutherford B. Hayes

⏱ 1m • 61 words

Order May 3, 1877

Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order—Rescinding Reservation of Lands for Mission Indians

🏛️ Art. II §1: Executive Discretion & Internal Operations

EXECUTIVE MANSION, May 3, 1877. It is hereby ordered that the following lands, situate in California, viz, township 10 south, range 1 east, sections 16 and 36, San Bernardino; township 7 south, range 2 east, section 36; township 14 south, range 2 east, section 36; township 11 sou...

Rutherford B. Hayes

⏱ 1m • 131 words

Order Apr 16, 1877

Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order—Defining Duck Valley Reserve Boundaries

🏛️ 10th Amend: Intergovernmental Federalism Cooperation

EXECUTIVE MANSION, April 16, 1877. It Is hereby ordered that the following-described tract of country, situated partly in the Territory of Idaho and partly in the State of Nevada, be, and the same hereby is, withdrawn from the public domain, to wit: Commencing at the one-hundredt...

Rutherford B. Hayes

⏱ 1m • 168 words

Order Mar 31, 1877

Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order—Revocation of Portion of White Mountain Indian Reservation

🏛️ Art. II §1: Executive Discretion & Internal Operations

Executive Mansion, March 31, 1877. It is hereby ordered that all that portion of the White Mountain Indian Reservation in the Territory of Arizona lying within the following-described boundaries be, and the same hereby is, restored to the public domain, to wit: Commencing at a po...

Rutherford B. Hayes

⏱ 1m • 109 words

Order Mar 16, 1877

Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order—Establishing Zuni Pueblo Reserve

🏛️ Art. II §1: Executive Discretion & Internal Operations

Executive Mansion, March 16, 1877. It is hereby ordered that the following-described tract of country in the Territory of New Mexico, viz: Beginning at the one hundred and thirty-sixth mile-stone, on the western boundary line of the Territory of New Mexico, and running thence nor...

Rutherford B. Hayes

⏱ 1m • 143 words