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Cumulative number of executive orders signed by Barack Obama. ... List of executive actions by Donald Trump, EO #13765–13984 (2017–2021) References
United States presidents issue executive orders (in addition to other executive actions) to help officers and agencies of the executive branch manage the operations within the federal government itself. Donald Trump signed a total of 221 executive orders from January 2017 to January 2021, his first term.
The current numbering system for executive orders was established by the U.S. State Department in 1907, when all of the orders in the department's archives were assigned chronological numbers. The first executive order to be assigned a number was Executive Order 1 , signed by Abraham Lincoln in 1862, but hundreds of unnumbered orders had been ...
Just hours after assuming the executive role as president of the United States, Trump gathered colleagues in the Oval Office on Jan. 20 to sign what would be the first of many executive orders.
President Donald Trump signed 32 executive orders in his first 100 days. Presidential usage of executive orders has varied wildly throughout history. George Washington issued eight. Wartime presidents have issued the most, like Franklin Delano Roosevelt (with nearly 4,000) and Woodrow Wilson (nearly 2,000).
Applauded by industry and decried by environmentalists, Trump signed an executive order on April 26, 2017, that swept away Obama’s use of the 1906 Antiquities Act to protect federal lands from ...
Listed below are executive orders numbered 13765-13984, presidential proclamations, presidential memoranda, presidential determinations, administrative orders, presidential notices, presidential sequestration orders, and national security presidential memoranda 2 signed by U.S. President Donald Trump (2017–2021).
President Barack Obama used executive orders to get around a Congress dedicated to undermining his presidency. President Donald Trump used the presidential tool to further his agenda amid ...