Date of last addition to the collection - October 2005

This may be one of the largest, most complete collections available on the internet of Executive Orders as issued by the President of the United States.  All texts were researched and scanned into electronic format by historian LeRoy Donnelly from rare and hard to find books.  If you have knowledge of additional Orders with full text please contact us.

Presidential Proclamations and Executive Orders are legal documents and have the same effect as laws. Executive orders are authorized by the President's statutory or constitutional powers. Proclamations are issued by virtue of the President's office, by law, or in response to Congressional joint resolutions. Although there is no legal difference between the two documents, most Proclamations address the general public while Executive Orders are generally used to direct government agencies or officials. Both Executive Orders and Presidential Proclamations are published in the list of source documents listed below.

Summaries:

You will notice that some Executive Orders contain an '*' prior the number, this indicates that the information is incomplete or may only contain a summary of the order. (let us know if you have the full text of these or other Orders).

Executive Order Numbering System:

When the Federal Register started to number the Executive Orders, it numbered Orders which were still in effect at that time.  So you will find orders without numbers between numbered orders.

Source Materials:

The following books were used to collect the Presidential Executive Orders in this collection:

• The Public Papers of the Presidents, Washington to Clinton
• Executive Orders and Proclamations of Herbert Hoover
• The Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Executive Orders Related to Indian Reservations 1855-1922
• Blueprint for Tyranny: Executive Order 11490
• Indian Affairs, Laws and Treaties, Kappler, Charles J.
• List and Index of Presidential Executive Orders, Unnumbered Series, 1789-1941
• New Jersey Historical Records Survey, Clifford L. Lord, Editor
• A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents 1789-1921, Richardson, James D.
• Presidential Executive Orders: Numbered Series, 1862-1938
• Executive Orders of Kennedy
• CIS Index to Presidential Executive Orders and Proclamations 1789-1983

If you cannot find the information you are looking for, contact a Presidential Library and request the archivist to mail the information to you. (There maybe a small fee to cover copying costs).

Information and links to the Presidential Libraries can be found at: http://www.nara.gov/nara/president/address.html

An index of Presidential Executive Orders from January 24, 1953 to present can be found at: http://www.nara.gov/fedreg/eo.html

Additional Sources:

Federal Register, 1936-U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
Office of the Federal Register AE2.116: Current year DOCS INDEX Shelf D,
previous years in microfilm.
Internet: http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html
Content: Proclamations, Executive Orders, and other Presidential documents.

CIS Federal Register Index. KF 70 A22 DOCS INDEX Shelf G.

Code of Federal Regulations. Title 3: The President (annual) 1936-. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. Office of the Federal Register. AE2.106/3: (Earlier GS4.108/2:) DOCS INDEX Shelf G.
Internet: http://access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-table-search.html
Content: Proclamations, Executive Orders, and other Presidential documents published in the Federal Register.

Codification of Presidential Proclamations and Executive Orders April 13, 1945-January 20, 1989 (1989). U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. Office of the Federal Register. AE2.113: 945-89 DOCS INDEX Shelf G.
Content: Proclamations and Executive Orders presently in effect arranged by broad subject.

CIS Index to Presidential Executive Orders and Proclamations (1986-87) Bethesda, MD: Congressional Information Service, Inc. Docs Index Shelf U.
Content: Index to Executive Orders and Proclamations from 1789 to 1983.

Additional Sources:
United States Statutes at Large (annual) 1789- U.S. National Archives and Records Adm. Office of the Federal Register. AE2.111: (earlier GS4.111:) DOCS INDEX Shelf G and microfiche.
Content: Proclamations.

U.S. Code Congressional and Administrative News. (monthly) 1957- West Publishing. KF48 U5 DOCS INDEX Shelf J.
Content: Proclamations and Executive Orders

Wanted:

LeRoy Donnelly is looking for the text of the following Executive Orders.  Please contact him if you can help with such texts.

Disclaimer:

We are providing this information as a public service.  These Executive Orders and related materials are maintained to provide public access to information that would be difficult to locate.  This is a service that is continually under development. The user should be aware that, while we try to keep the information accurate, we make no express or implied guarantees. The Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations remain the official source for Executive Order information published by the Federal Government. We will make every effort to correct errors brought to our attention.

Document Conversion:

These Executive Orders were scanned into plain text (ascii/.txt) format, and were then converted to web page format (html) using the excellent shareware program ASCtoHTM. This program automatically set the background color, inserted the title and navigation links, and more.  Try it!

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