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Democratic president Jimmy Carter pardoned, commuted, or rescinded the convictions of 566 people, [25] and in addition to that pardoned over 200,000 Vietnam War draft evaders. [30] Among them are: Oscar Collazo – Attempted assassination of President Harry S. Truman in 1950; commuted to time served in 1979; G. Gordon Liddy – Watergate figure.
Pages in category "People pardoned by Harry S. Truman" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln issued approximately 340 pardons and commutations during his 1861 to 1865 presidency. These included granting amnesty to his wife Mary’s half-sister, Emilie Todd ...
Proclamation 4483, also known as the Granting Pardon for Violations of the Selective Service Act, was a presidential proclamation issued by Jimmy Carter on January 21, 1977. It granted pardons to those who evaded the draft in the Vietnam War by violating the Military Selective Service Act from August 4, 1964, to March 28, 1973. [ 1 ]
The first president to receive a live turkey was Harry S. Truman, from the National Turkey Federation. As a result, he is often credited as the first to pardon a turkey. As a result, he is often ...
President Biden's clemency grants far outnumbers the actions of other U.S. presidents during their first ... going back to former president Harry Truman, ... just 143 pardons and 93 sentence ...
President Gerald R. Ford's broad federal pardon of former president Richard M. Nixon in 1974 for "all offenses against the United States which he, Richard Nixon, has committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from January 20, 1969 through August 9, 1974" is a notable example of a fixed-period federal pardon that came ...
Former President Bill Clinton on his last day in office on Jan. 20, 2001, pardoned his half-brother Roger Clinton, who spent one year in prison on drug charges, according to the Washington Post.