Special note: On our summary page, we explain that our collection of executive order texts is complete beginning with the administration of Harry S. Truman through the present. For the period of time prior to 1945, the APP collection is not complete--although it includes all documents published in official presidential compilations. The archives of the American Presidency Project continues to grow as we obtain and digitize original texts. See Executive Order counts per term.
President |
Date |
Title |
Abraham Lincoln |
Jul 30, 1863
|
Executive Order—Retaliation |
Abraham Lincoln |
Jul 25, 1863
|
Executive Order |
Abraham Lincoln |
Jul 09, 1863
|
Executive Order |
Abraham Lincoln |
Jul 04, 1863
|
Executive Order |
Abraham Lincoln |
Jun 22, 1863
|
Executive Order |
Abraham Lincoln |
Mar 31, 1863
|
Executive Order—License of Commercial Intercourse |
Abraham Lincoln |
Jan 25, 1863
|
General Orders No. 20—Relieving General A.E. Burnside and Making Other Changes |
Abraham Lincoln |
Jan 21, 1863
|
Executive Order |
Abraham Lincoln |
Jan 08, 1863
|
Executive Order |
Abraham Lincoln |
Jan 04, 1863
|
Executive Order |
Abraham Lincoln |
Dec 22, 1862
|
Executive Order |
Abraham Lincoln |
Nov 21, 1862
|
Executive Order—Prohibiting the Export of Arms and Munitions of War |
Abraham Lincoln |
Nov 15, 1862
|
Executive Order—General Order Respecting the Observance of the Sabbath Day in the Army and Navy |
Abraham Lincoln |
Nov 13, 1862
|
Executive Order—Concerning the Confiscation Act |
Abraham Lincoln |
Nov 12, 1862
|
Executive Order—Concerning Blockade |
Abraham Lincoln |
Nov 07, 1862
|
Executive Order |
Abraham Lincoln |
Nov 05, 1862
|
Executive Order—Relieving General G. B. McClellan and Making Other Changes |
Abraham Lincoln |
Oct 29, 1862
|
Executive Order |
Abraham Lincoln |
Oct 20, 1862
|
Executive Order—Establishing a Provisional Court in Louisiana |
Abraham Lincoln |
Sep 03, 1862
|
Order to General H.W. Halleck |
Abraham Lincoln |
Sep 02, 1862
|
Executive Order |
Abraham Lincoln |
Aug 14, 1862
|
Executive Order |
Abraham Lincoln |
Aug 08, 1862
|
Executive Order |
Abraham Lincoln |
Aug 04, 1862
|
Executive Order |
Abraham Lincoln |
Jul 31, 1862
|
Executive Order |
Abraham Lincoln |
Jul 25, 1862
|
Executive Order [on the death of Martin van Buren] |
Abraham Lincoln |
Jul 22, 1862
|
Executive Order—Authorizing Employment of "Contrabands" |
Abraham Lincoln |
Jul 21, 1862
|
Executive Order—In Regard to Behavior of Aliens |
Abraham Lincoln |
Jul 11, 1862
|
Executive Order—Making Henry W. Halleck General-in-Chief |
Abraham Lincoln |
Jul 11, 1862
|
Executive Order—Concerning the Southwest Branch of the Pacific Railroad |
Abraham Lincoln |
Jul 01, 1862
|
Executive Order |
Abraham Lincoln |
Jun 30, 1862
|
Executive Order—Call for Troops |
Abraham Lincoln |
Jun 26, 1862
|
Order Constituting the Army of Virginia |
Abraham Lincoln |
May 30, 1862
|
Executive Order |
Abraham Lincoln |
May 28, 1862
|
Executive Order |
Abraham Lincoln |
May 25, 1862
|
Executive Order—Taking Military Possession of Railroads |
Abraham Lincoln |
Apr 05, 1862
|
Executive Order |
Abraham Lincoln |
Mar 15, 1862
|
Executive Order |
Abraham Lincoln |
Mar 13, 1862
|
Executive Order |
Abraham Lincoln |
Mar 11, 1862
|
Executive Order—President's Special War Order No. 3 |
Abraham Lincoln |
Mar 08, 1862
|
Executive Order—President's General War Order No. 2 |
Abraham Lincoln |
Mar 08, 1862
|
Executive Order—President's General War Order No. 3 |
Abraham Lincoln |
Feb 28, 1862
|
Executive Order—Commercial Intercourse |
Abraham Lincoln |
Feb 27, 1862
|
Executive Order No. 2—State Prisoners |
Abraham Lincoln |
Feb 25, 1862
|
Executive Order—Taking into Military Possession all Telegraph Lines in the United States |
Abraham Lincoln |
Feb 18, 1862
|
Executive Order |
Abraham Lincoln |
Feb 18, 1862
|
Executive Order |
Abraham Lincoln |
Feb 18, 1862
|
Executive Order |
Abraham Lincoln |
Feb 18, 1862
|
Executive Order |
Abraham Lincoln |
Feb 14, 1862
|
Executive Order No. 1—Relating to Political Prisoners |