Executive Orders, Proclamations, Acts, Speeches
Issued by Presidents from 1792-1892
Executive Orders in this period were usually not numbered   * = Summary Only

1792 - George Washington
Congressional Act

• Coin - An Act establishing a Mint, and regulating the coins of the United States.

1823 - James Monroe
Presidential Speech

• Monroe - The Monroe Doctrine

1829 - Andrew Jackson
Executive Orders

• APR8 - No pension payment to commerce until proof is filled in the Department and the decision of the Secretary had thereon, and no pensions allowed active Army officers except in cases heretofore adjudged

1831 - Andrew Jackson
Executive Orders

• AUG6 - Every clerk availing himself of the insolvent debtors' act ordered reported to the President for dismissal

1840 - Martin Van Buren
Executive Orders

• MAR31 - All persons, whether laborers or mechanics, employed on public words under the immediate authority of the President and the Executive Departments required to work only the number of hours prescribed by the ten-hour system

1847 - James K. Polk
Executive Orders

• MAR31 - Blockade lifted from conquered ports in Mexico, and said ports opended to United States and neutral commerce. Scale of tonnage and import duties recommended by Treasury Secretary approved
• JUN11 - Treasury Secretary's recommendations of June 10, 1847, that the tariff schedules and regulations for Mexican ports be modifed apporved; Executve Order of Mar. 31, 1847 amended and War Secretaries ordered to effect said modifications
• NOV6 - Treasury Secretary's recommendations of Nov. 5, 1847, that Executive Order of Mar, 31, 1847 be further amended by reducing certain tariff duties in order to augment the revenue from occupied Mexican ports approved, and War and Navy Secretaries ordered to effect such modifications
• NOV16 - Treasury Secretary's recommendation of Nov. 16, 1847, that Executive Order of Mar. 31, 1847 be further modified to establish the collecting of exports as well as import duties at Mexican ports occupied by the United States Army or Navy approved, and War and Navy Secretaries ordered to effect such modification

1849 - Zachary Taylor
Executive Orders

• JUN19 - Executive Departments ordered closed for one day, and placed in morning as a mark of respect for the late James K. Polk, ex-President of the United States

1861 - Abraham Lincoln
Presidential Proclamations

• P1 - Proclamation Calling Militia and Convening Congress
• P2 - Proclamation of Blockade Against Southern Ports

1862 - Abraham Lincoln
Executive Orders

• EO1 - Executive Order Establishing a Provisional Court in Louisiana.
• War1 - President's General War Order No. 1

1863 - Abraham Lincoln
Executive Orders

• JUL30 - Order of Retaliation

Presidential Proclamation

• P1 - Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction

Presidential Speech

• EP - Emancipation Proclamation

1872 - Ulysses S. Grant
Executive Orders

• DEC14 - Chiricahua Reservation

1873 - Ulysses S. Grant
Executive Orders

• JUN16 - Establishing the Wallowa Valley Reservation
• OCT29 - Winiwebagoshish or White Oak Point Reservation
• NOV22 - Colorado River Reservation

1874 - Ulysses S. Grant
Executive Orders

• MAY26 - Winiwebagoshish or White Oak Point Reservation
• JUL21 - Fort Apache Reservation
• NOV16 - Colorado River Reservation

1875 - Ulysses S. Grant
Executive Orders

• APR23 - Camp Verde Reservation
• JUN10 - Revoking Wallowa Valley Reserve

1876 - Ulysses S. Grant
Executive Orders

• APR27 - Fort Apache Reservation
• MAY15 - Colorado River Reservation
• OCT30 - Chiricahua Reservation

1877 - Ulysses S. Grant
Executive Orders

• JAN26 - Fort Apache Reservation

1878 - Rutherford B. Hayes
Executive Orders

• OCT29 - Navajo Reservation

1880 - Rutherford B. Hayes
Executive Orders

• JAN8 - Navajo Reservation
• SEP19 - Fort Mojave Reservation

1881 - Rutherford B. Hayes
Executive Orders

• JAN18 - Establishing the Spokane Reservation

1882 - Chester A. Arthur
Executive Orders

• DEC12 - Gila Bend Reservation
• DEC16 - Moqui (or Hopi) Reservation Arizona

1883 - Chester A. Arthur
Executive Orders

• JAN4 - Hualapai (or Walapai) Reservation
• JUL13 - White Earth Reservation
• JUL17 - Fort Reno Military Reservation
• AUG15 - Kickapoo Reservation Oklahoma

1884 - Chester A. Arthur
Executive Orders

• MAY17 - Navajo Reservation
• MAY17b- Navajo Reservation

1886 - Grover Cleveland
Executive Orders

• APR24 - Navajo Reservation

1890 - Benjamin Harrison
Executive Orders

• * 27A - Geographic Board, U.S. Established

1892 - Benjamin Harrison
Executive Orders

• NOV19 - Navajo Reservation