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President
Total
Executive Orders
Order Number Range
Years in Office
Executive Orders Per Year
Period
1
George Washington
8
unnumbered
7.95
1.0
April 30, 1789 – March 4, 1797
2
John Adams
1
unnumbered
4
0.3
March 4, 1797 – March 4, 1801
3
Thomas Jefferson
4
unnumbered
8
0.5
March 4, 1801 – March 4, 1809
4
James Madison
1
unnumbered
8
0.1
March 4, 1809 – March 4, 1817
5
James Monroe
1
unnumbered
8
0.1
March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1825
6
John Quincy Adams
3
unnumbered
4
0.8
March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1829
7
Andrew Jackson
12
unnumbered
8
1.5
March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1837
8
Martin Van Buren
10
unnumbered
4
2.5
March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1841
9
William Henry Harrison
0
unnumbered
0.08
0.0
March 4, 1841 – April 4, 1841
10
John Tyler
17
unnumbered
3.92
4.3
April 4, 1841 – March 4, 1845
11
James K. Polk
18
unnumbered
4
4.5
March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1849
12
Zachary Taylor
5
unnumbered
1.34
3.7
March 4, 1849 – July 9, 1850
13
Millard Fillmore
12
unnumbered
2.66
4.5
July 9, 1850 – March 4, 1853
14
Franklin Pierce
35
unnumbered
4
8.8
March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1857
15
James Buchanan
16
unnumbered
4
4.0
March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1861
16
Abraham Lincoln
48
unnumbered
4.11
11.7
March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865
17
Andrew Johnson
79
unnumbered
3.89
20.3
April 15, 1865 – March 4, 1869
18
Ulysses S. Grant
217
unnumbered
8
27.1
March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1877
19
Rutherford B. Hayes
92
unnumbered
4
23.0
March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1881
20
James A. Garfield
6
unnumbered
0.54
11.1
March 4, 1881 – September 19, 1881
21
Chester A. Arthur
96
unnumbered
3.46
27.7
September 19, 1881 – March 4, 1885
22
Grover Cleveland - I
113
unnumbered
4
28.3
March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1889
23
Benjamin Harrison
143
unnumbered
4
35.8
March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1893
24
Grover Cleveland - II
140
unnumbered
4
35.0
March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1897
25
William McKinley
185
unnumbered
4.53
40.9
March 4, 1897 – September 14, 1901
26
Theodore Roosevelt
1,081
7.47
144.7
September 14, 1901 – March 4, 1909
27
William Howard Taft
724
4
181.0
March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1913
28
Woodrow Wilson
1,803
8
225.4
March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1921
29
Warren G. Harding
522
2.41
216.9
March 4, 1921 – August 2, 1923
30
Calvin Coolidge
1,203
5.59
215.2
August 2, 1923 – March 4, 1929
31
Herbert Hoover
968
5075–6070
4
242.0
March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1933
32
Franklin D. Roosevelt
3,728
6071–9537
12.11
307.8
March 4, 1933 – April 12, 1945
33
Harry S. Truman
907
9538–10431
7.77
116.7
April 12, 1945 – January 20, 1953
34
Dwight D. Eisenhower
484
10432–10913
8
60.5
January 20, 1953 – January 20, 1961
35
John F. Kennedy
214
10914–11127
2.84
75.4
January 20, 1961 – November 22, 1963
36
Lyndon B. Johnson
325
11128–11451
5.16
62.9
November 22, 1963 – January 20, 1969
37
Richard Nixon
346
11452–11797
5.56
62.3
January 20, 1969 – August 9, 1974
38
Gerald Ford
169
11798–11966
2.45
69.1
August 9, 1974 – January 20, 1977
39
Jimmy Carter
320
11967–12286
4
80.0
January 20, 1977 – January 20, 1981
40
Ronald Reagan
381
12287–12667
8
47.6
January 20, 1981 – January 20, 1989
41
George H. W. Bush
166
12668–12833
4
41.5
January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993
42
Bill Clinton
364
12834–13197
8
45.5
January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001
43
George W. Bush
291
13198–13488
8
36.4
January 20, 2001 – January 20, 2009
44
Barack Obama
276
13489–13764
8
34.6
January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017
45
Donald Trump
98
[1]
13765 and above
2.12
46.2
January 20, 2017 – present