executive orders

Historic perspective on Executive Orders shows double standard for Boehner

So it turns out that when Republicans do something, it’s ok, but when Democrats do something similar it isn’t ok. House Speaker John Boehner is suing (or at least will try to sue) President Obama and the Office of the President of the United States for signing a series of Executive Orders that he feels are illegal and excessive.

The real facts? It turns out if you compare President Obama to other presidents his number is among the lowest. Oops.
Here’s a fun meme I caught online about it

Executive-Orders

Here’s a helpful timeline of Executive Orders per day via the MaddowBlog

Maddowexecutive_order_chart

And here’s the data that proves the point:

Executive Orders: Washington – Obama via The American Presidency Project

President
Term

Total Orders1

 

 

Average / Year EO Number Range
George Washington Total 8 1.00 unnumbered
John Adams Total 1 0.25 unnumbered
Thomas Jefferson Total 4 0.50 unnumbered
James Madison Total 1 0.13 unnumbered
James Monroe Total
1
0.13 unnumbered
John Quincy Adams Total 3 0.75 unnumbered
Andrew Jackson Total
12
1.50 unnumbered
Martin van Buren Total 10 2.50 unnumbered
William Henry Harrison Total
0
0 unnumbered
John Tyler Total 17 4.34 unnumbered
James K. Polk Total
18
4.50 unnumbered
Zachary Taylor Total 5 3.71 unnumbered
Millard Fillmore Total 12 4.52 unnumbered
Franklin Pierce Total
35
8.75 unnumbered
James Buchanan Total 16 4.00 unnumbered
Abraham Lincoln Total 48 11.66 unnumbered
Andrew Johnson Total
79
20.32 unnumbered
Ulysses S. Grant Total 217 27.13 unnumbered
Rutherford B. Hayes Total
92
23.00 unnumbered
James Garfield Total 6 11.00 unnumbered
Chester Arthur Total 96 27.77 unnumbered
Grover Cleveland – I Total 113 28.25 unnumbered
Benjamin Harrison Total
143
35.75 unnumbered
Grover Cleveland – II Total 140 35.00 unnumbered
William McKinley Total
185
40.83 unnumbered
Theodore Roosevelt Total 1,081 144.64
William Howard Taft Total
724
181.00
Woodrow Wilson Total 1,803 225.38
Warren G. Harding Total
522
216.27
Calvin Coolidge Total 1,203 215.14
Herbert Hoover Total 968 242.00 5075 – 6070
Franklin D. Roosevelt Total 3,522 290.71 6071 – 9537
Harry S. Truman Total
907
116.57 9538 – 10431
I 504 133.40 9538 – 10029
II 403 100.75 10030 – 10431
Dwight D. Eisenhower Total 484 60.50 10432 – 10913
I 266 66.50 10432 – 10695-A
II 218 54.50 10696 – 10913
John F. Kennedy Total 214 75.40 10914 – 11127
Lyndon B. Johnson Total
325
62.90 11128 – 11451
Richard Nixon Total 346 62.30 11452 – 11797
I 247 61.75 11452 – 11698
II 99 63.87 11699 – 11797
Gerald R. Ford Total
169
68.92 11798 – 11966
Jimmy Carter Total 320 80.00 11967 – 12286
Ronald Reagan Total
381
47.63 12287 – 12667
I 213 53.25 12287 – 12499
II 168 42.00 12500 – 12667
George Bush Total 166 41.50 12668 – 12833
William J. Clinton Total 364 45.50 12834 – 13197
I 200 50.00 12834 – 13033
II 164 41.00 13034 – 13197
George W. Bush Total
291
36.38 13198 – 13488
I 173 43.25 13198 – 13370
II 118 29.50 13371 – 13488
Barack Obama Total 182 33.58 13489 – 13670…
I 147 36.75 13489 – 13635
II 35 24.65 13636 – 13670…

 

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