Executive Orders

Franklin D. Roosevelt issued more executive orders than any other president - 3,728. He is also the only president to average more than 300 per year.
William Henry Harrison is the only president to have never issued an executive order.
John Adams, Madison, and Monroe issued the fewest executive orders while serving at least one full term - one.
Ulysses S. Grant was the first president to issue more than 100 executive orders.
Theodore Roosevelt was the first president to issue more than 1,000 executive orders.
+ incumbent numbers updated 25 Jan 2021

Rank	#	President	Executive Orders
1	32	Franklin D. Roosevelt	3,728
2	28	Woodrow Wilson	1,803
3	30	Calvin Coolidge	1,203
4	26	Theodore Roosevelt	1,081
5	31	Herbert Hoover	968
6	33	Harry S. Truman	907
7	27	William H. Taft	724
8	29	Warren G. Harding	522
9	34	Dwight D. Eisenhower	484
10	40	Ronald Reagan	381
11	42	Bill Clinton	364
12	37	Richard M. Nixon	346
13	36	Lyndon B. Johnson	325
14	39	Jimmy Carter	320
15	43	George W. Bush	291
16	44	Barack Obama	276
17	22 & 24	Grover Cleveland	253
18	45	Donald J. Trump	220
19	18	Ulysses S. Grant	217
20	35	John F. Kennedy	214
21	25	William McKinley	185
22	38	Gerald R. Ford	169
23	41	George H. W. Bush	166
24	23	Benjamin Harrison	143
25	21	Chester A. Arthur	96
26	19	Rutherford B. Hayes	92
27	17	Andrew Johnson	79
28	16	Abraham Lincoln	48
29	14	Franklin Pierce	35
30	46	Joe Biden	31 +
31	11	James K. Polk	18
32	10	John Tyler	17
33	15	James Buchanan	16
34	7	Andrew Jackson	12
34	13	Millard Fillmore	12
36	8	Martin Van Buren	10
37	1	George Washington	8
38	20	James A. Garfield	6
39	12	Zachary Taylor	5
40	3	Thomas Jefferson	4
41	6	John Quincy Adams	3
42	5	James Monroe	1
42	4	James Madison	1
42	2	John Adams	1
45	9	William Henry Harrison	0

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