Harry S. Truman issued 907 executive orders, with 1,081 orders made by Theodore Roosevelt, 1,203 orders made by Calvin Coolidge, and 1,803 orders made by Woodrow Wilson.

In this table we present the total number of Executive Orders issued by presidential term (not calendar year). Thus, this table does not include other forms of written presidential orders …

Executive orders signed since 1937 are available as a single bulk download and as a bulk download by President, or you can browse by President and year from the list below. More …

Dec 18, 2025 · Providing for the Closure of Executive Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government on December 24, 2025, and December 26, 2025 Presidential Actions, Executive …

Jun 4, 2025 · Roger Porter, a Harvard Kennedy School expert on presidential power, explains what executive orders can and cannot do and how they became so popular among U.S. …

Dec 9, 2025 · executive order, principal mode of administrative action on the part of the president of the United States. The executive order came into use before 1850, but the current …

Nov 17, 2017 · Executive orders date back to George Washington. Learn more about their history, how and why they are created, and how they work. With an executive order, the president …