Landmark Executive Orders & Proclamations
The following are some executive orders and proclamations which are frequently discussed:
- 1861 - Suspension of Habeas Corpus
- 1863 - Emancipation Proclamation
- 1935 - Works Progress Administration - Executive Order 7034
- 1942 - Japanese-American Internment Camps - Executive Order 9066
- 1948 - Desegregation of the Military - Executive Order 9981
- 1952 - Steel Mills under Federal Control - Executive Order 10340
- 1957 - National Guard Enforces School Desegregation - Executive Order 10730
- 1961 - Equal Employment Opportunity - Executive Order 10925
- 1963 - Warren Commission - Executive Order 11130
- 1965 - Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Executive Order 11246
- 1974 - Ford Pardons Nixon - Presidential Proclamation 4311
- 1976 - Ban on Assassination - Executive Order 11905
- 1978 - Reforming the Intelligence Community - Executive Order 12036
- 1979 - Creation of FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) - Executive Order 12127
- 2001 - Creation of the Department of Homeland Security - Executive Order 13228
- 2009 - Lawful Interrogations - Executive Order 13491
Presidential Proclamations & Executive Orders (1937+)
- Codification of Presidential Proclamations & Executive Orders (Federal Register) (1945-1989)- Chapter titles link to document titles that link to the text of the documents
- Disposition Tables Numeric Index
- Alphabetical Index - Executive Orders Disposition Tables Index (Federal Register) (1937+)- Executive order number;
- Date of signing by the President
- Federal Register volume, page number, and issue date
- Title
- Amendments (if any)
- Current status (where applicable)
- Full text available, 1993+
American Presidency Project
- American Presidency Project (University of California, Santa Barbara) This link opens in a new window- Executive Orders, 1826+
- Presidential Proclamations, 1789+
