What Presidents have used Executive Orders
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You can view the full list of President Obama's Executive Orders click here.
In the begining of Obama's Presidency some bloggers attempted to state that President George W. Bush and many other former Presidents had never exercised the Executive Order privilege.
This is incorrect.
All Presidents have used the Executive Order or a form of the Executive Order to command and operate the Federal Government.
George W. Bush (R) (2001-2009) had a total of 290 Executive Orders throughout his 8 years in office. President George W. Bush started with EO 13198 and ended with EO 13488.
Bill Clinton (D) (1993-2001) issued 363 Executive Orders starting with EO 12834 and ending with 13197.
George H W Bush (R) (1989-1993) issued 165 Executive Orders. they are EO's 12668 to 12833.
Ronald Reagan (R) (1981-1989) signed 380 Executive Orders into law. His EO's started at 12287 and ended at 12667.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued a total of 3,728 Executive Orders throughout his administration which was in power from 1933 to 1945. FDR issued 573 Executive Orders in 1933 alone. FDR's Executive Orders started with EO-6071 and ended at EO-9537.
The Listing of Executive orders in the Congressional Library runs in a numeric order starting with the first Executive orders passed until the most current. When President Barack Obama took office his EO list started from #EO-13489
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