vcczar Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 Here's a list of presidents by Executive Actions-per-year. They don't really take off until Teddy Roosevelt. They decrease after Truman. I think the drastic increase in the size of the federal government--new offices, more employees, etc., contributed to the huge increase in executive orders.: FDR 307 Hoover 242 Wilson 225 Harding 217 Coolidge 215 Taft 181 T Roosevelt 145 Biden 119 *On pace for this #* Truman 117 Carter 80 JFK 75 Ford 69 LBJ 63 Nixon 62 Eisenhower 61 Trump 55 Reagan 48 Clinton 46 GHW Bush 42 McKinley 41 GW Bush 36 B Harrison 36 Cleveland (2nd term) 35 Obama 35 Cleveland (1st term) 28 Arthur 28 Grant 27 Hayes 23 A Johnson 20 Lincoln 12 Garfield 11 Pierce 9 Fillmore 5 Polk 5 Taylor 4 Buchanan 4 Tyler 4 Van Buren 3 Jackson 2 JQ Adams 1 Jefferson 1 Washington 1 Monroe >1 Madison >1 J Adams >1 WH Harrison 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcczar Posted July 9, 2021 Author Share Posted July 9, 2021 5 minutes ago, Patine said: Executive actions have become thoroughly abused as a backdoor, "decree by fiat," (dictatorial terminology intended), much like Orders in Council have in the UK. A dangerous tool that really should be blunted - and much more stringently defined and limited. If you'll notice, they've decreased greatly. Obama only averaged 35 a year. They most only effect the executive branch, so a lot of the time the executive actions are more symbolic than substantive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConservativeElector2 Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 What strikes me the most is that most presidents have served at least full four years or even eight and Biden's in office for barely six months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hestia Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 Just now, ConservativeElector2 said: What strikes me the most is that most presidents have served at least full four years or even eight and Biden's in office for barely six months. That's if it happened that way over 8 years (it's an average per year - so 119 per year, if it goes at this rate). It makes me wonder if most presidents to more Executive Orders early - primarily to enact their "100 Days" material, then slow down over time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConservativeElector2 Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 1 minute ago, Hestia said: That's if it happened that way over 8 years (it's an average per year - so 119 per year, if it goes at this rate). It makes me wonder if most presidents to more Executive Orders early - primarily to enact their "100 Days" material, then slow down over time. Thanks for pointing this out. I didn't get it from the above description. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcczar Posted July 9, 2021 Author Share Posted July 9, 2021 1 minute ago, ConservativeElector2 said: Thanks for pointing this out. I didn't get it from the above description. Biden has 50 exec orders. The asterisk next to Biden says that he's on pace for that #, not that he has that #. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timur Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 47 minutes ago, vcczar said: Here's a list of presidents by Executive Actions-per-year. They don't really take off until Teddy Roosevelt. They decrease after Truman. I think the drastic increase in the size of the federal government--new offices, more employees, etc., contributed to the huge increase in executive orders.: FDR 307 Hoover 242 Wilson 225 Harding 217 Coolidge 215 Taft 181 T Roosevelt 145 Biden 119 *On pace for this #* Truman 117 Carter 80 JFK 75 Ford 69 LBJ 63 Nixon 62 Eisenhower 61 Trump 55 Reagan 48 Clinton 46 GHW Bush 42 McKinley 41 GW Bush 36 B Harrison 36 Cleveland (2nd term) 35 Obama 35 Cleveland (1st term) 28 Arthur 28 Grant 27 Hayes 23 A Johnson 20 Lincoln 12 Garfield 11 Pierce 9 Fillmore 5 Polk 5 Taylor 4 Buchanan 4 Tyler 4 Van Buren 3 Jackson 2 JQ Adams 1 Jefferson 1 Washington 1 Monroe >1 Madison >1 J Adams >1 WH Harrison 0 Why are the ones on top from the early 1900s? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcczar Posted July 9, 2021 Author Share Posted July 9, 2021 6 minutes ago, Timur said: Why are the ones on top from the early 1900s? I give a reason right before the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timur Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 2 minutes ago, vcczar said: I give a reason right before the list. Oh sorry, didn't see that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dobs Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 1 hour ago, vcczar said: Monroe >1 Madison >1 J Adams >1 What exactly does more than 1 mean? They were writing a second and then got bored with it? Also, why is more than 1 under a flat 1? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcczar Posted July 9, 2021 Author Share Posted July 9, 2021 2 minutes ago, Dobs said: What exactly does more than 1 mean? They were writing a second and then got bored with it? Also, why is more than 1 under a flat 1? Oops that should be the other way...less than 1 on average a year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DakotaHale Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 Very unexpected seeing Coolidge and Harding in the top five Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcczar Posted July 10, 2021 Author Share Posted July 10, 2021 13 hours ago, DakotaHale said: Very unexpected seeing Coolidge and Harding in the top five Yeah, I'm surprised too, especially considering Congress was completely on their side. There was no threat of blocking what they wanted to do if they went via Congress. That's why I think the actions are probably aligned with a growing executive branch to handle the growing duties of the federal government. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcczar Posted July 10, 2021 Author Share Posted July 10, 2021 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_executive_actions_by_Calvin_Coolidge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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