U.S. Presidential Executive Orders by President (1789–2025)

Total executive orders and annualized rate for all 46 U.S. presidents from Washington through Trump, with party and term type.
# President
Party
Term Start
Term End
Years in Office
Executive Orders
Avg EO Per Year
Term Type
1 George Washington Federalist 1,789 1,797 7.85 8 1.0 Two-Term
2 John Adams Federalist 1,797 1,801 4.0 1 0.25 Single-Term
3 Thomas Jefferson Democratic-Republican 1,801 1,809 8.0 4 0.5 Two-Term
4 James Madison Democratic-Republican 1,809 1,817 8.0 1 0.13 Two-Term
5 James Monroe Democratic-Republican 1,817 1,825 8.0 1 0.13 Two-Term
6 John Quincy Adams Democratic-Republican 1,825 1,829 4.0 3 0.75 Single-Term
7 Andrew Jackson Democrat 1,829 1,837 8.0 12 1.5 Two-Term
8 Martin Van Buren Democrat 1,837 1,841 4.0 10 2.5 Single-Term
9 William Henry Harrison Whig 1,841 1,841 0.08 0 0 Single-Term
10 John Tyler Whig 1,841 1,845 3.92 17 4.3 Partial-Term
11 James K. Polk Democrat 1,845 1,849 4.0 18 4.5 Single-Term
12 Zachary Taylor Whig 1,849 1,850 1.35 5 3.7 Single-Term
13 Millard Fillmore Whig 1,850 1,853 2.65 12 4.5 Partial-Term
14 Franklin Pierce Democrat 1,853 1,857 4.0 35 9 Single-Term
15 James Buchanan Democrat 1,857 1,861 4.0 16 4 Single-Term
16 Abraham Lincoln Republican 1,861 1,865 4.12 48 12 Two-Term
17 Andrew Johnson Democrat 1,865 1,869 3.89 79 20 Partial-Term
18 Ulysses S. Grant Republican 1,869 1,877 8.0 217 27 Two-Term
19 Rutherford B. Hayes Republican 1,877 1,881 4.0 92 23 Single-Term
20 James Garfield Republican 1,881 1,881 0.55 6 11 Single-Term
21 Chester Arthur Republican 1,881 1,885 3.46 96 28 Partial-Term
22 Grover Cleveland 1st Democrat 1,885 1,889 4.0 113 28 Single-Term
23 Benjamin Harrison Republican 1,889 1,893 4.0 143 36 Single-Term
24 Grover Cleveland 2nd Democrat 1,893 1,897 4.0 140 35 Single-Term
25 William McKinley Republican 1,897 1,901 4.53 185 41 Two-Term
26 Theodore Roosevelt Republican 1,901 1,909 7.47 1,081 145 Two-Term
27 William Howard Taft Republican 1,909 1,913 4.0 724 181 Single-Term
28 Woodrow Wilson Democrat 1,913 1,921 8.0 1,803 225 Two-Term
29 Warren G. Harding Republican 1,921 1,923 2.41 522 217 Single-Term
30 Calvin Coolidge Republican 1,923 1,929 5.59 1,203 215 Partial+Full Term
31 Herbert Hoover Republican 1,929 1,933 4.0 1,003 251 Single-Term
32 Franklin D. Roosevelt Democrat 1,933 1,945 12.12 3,726 307 Four-Term
33 Harry S. Truman Democrat 1,945 1,953 7.78 907 117 Two-Term
34 Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican 1,953 1,961 8.0 484 61 Two-Term
35 John F. Kennedy Democrat 1,961 1,963 2.84 214 75 Single-Term
36 Lyndon B. Johnson Democrat 1,963 1,969 5.17 325 63 Partial+Full Term
37 Richard Nixon Republican 1,969 1,974 5.55 346 62 Two-Term
38 Gerald R. Ford Republican 1,974 1,977 2.45 169 69 Partial-Term
39 Jimmy Carter Democrat 1,977 1,981 4.0 320 80 Single-Term
40 Ronald Reagan Republican 1,981 1,989 8.0 381 48 Two-Term
41 George H.W. Bush Republican 1,989 1,993 4.0 166 42 Single-Term
42 Bill Clinton Democrat 1,993 2,001 8.0 364 46 Two-Term
43 George W. Bush Republican 2,001 2,009 8.0 291 36 Two-Term
44 Barack Obama Democrat 2,009 2,017 8.0 277 35 Two-Term
45 Donald Trump 1st Republican 2,017 2,021 4.0 220 55 Single-Term
46 Joe Biden Democrat 2,021 2,025 4.0 162 41 Single-Term
47 Donald Trump 2nd Republican 2,025 2,029 1.17 254 214 In Office
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