★ The American Presidency ★
Presidential Directory
Explore executive decrees, average document length, and sentiment distribution across every administration from 1789 to today.
⚖️ Compare Two Presidents
#1 Unaffiliated 1789-1797
George Washington
1 orders
• ~249 words/order
Avg Sentiment: 0.00 (Neutral)
#2 Federalist 1797-1801
John Adams
0 orders
#3 Democratic-Republican 1801-1809
Thomas Jefferson
0 orders
#4 Democratic-Republican 1809-1817
James Madison
0 orders
#5 Democratic-Republican 1817-1825
James Monroe
0 orders
#6 Democratic-Republican 1825-1829
John Quincy Adams
2 orders
• ~744 words/order
Avg Sentiment: 0.00 (Neutral)
#7 Democrat 1829-1837
Andrew Jackson
7 orders
• ~535 words/order
Avg Sentiment: +0.06 (Optimistic)
#8 Democrat 1837-1841
Martin Van Buren
2 orders
• ~211 words/order
Avg Sentiment: 0.00 (Neutral)
#9 Whig 1841-1841
William Henry Harrison
0 orders
#10 Whig 1841-1845
John Tyler
2 orders
• ~369 words/order
Avg Sentiment: +0.20 (Optimistic)
#11 Democrat 1845-1849
James K. Polk
4 orders
• ~1525 words/order
Avg Sentiment: -0.09 (Urgent)
#12 Whig 1849-1850
Zachary Taylor
1 orders
• ~453 words/order
Avg Sentiment: 0.00 (Neutral)
#13 Whig 1850-1853
Millard Fillmore
7 orders
• ~159 words/order
Avg Sentiment: +0.05 (Optimistic)
#14 Democrat 1853-1857
Franklin Pierce
2 orders
• ~375 words/order
Avg Sentiment: 0.00 (Neutral)
#15 Democrat 1857-1861
James Buchanan
1 orders
• ~407 words/order
Avg Sentiment: 0.00 (Neutral)
#16 Republican 1861-1865
Abraham Lincoln
119 orders
• ~204 words/order
Avg Sentiment: 0.00 (Neutral)
#17 Democrat 1865-1869
Andrew Johnson
70 orders
• ~272 words/order
Avg Sentiment: 0.00 (Neutral)
#18 Republican 1869-1877
Ulysses S. Grant
112 orders
• ~247 words/order
Avg Sentiment: 0.00 (Neutral)
#19 Republican 1877-1881
Rutherford B. Hayes
37 orders
• ~179 words/order
Avg Sentiment: 0.00 (Neutral)
#20 Republican 1881-1881
James A. Garfield
2 orders
• ~64 words/order
Avg Sentiment: 0.00 (Neutral)
#21 Republican 1881-1885
Chester A. Arthur
72 orders
• ~302 words/order
Avg Sentiment: 0.00 (Neutral)
#22/24 Democrat 1885-1889, 1893-1897
Grover Cleveland
173 orders
• ~331 words/order
Avg Sentiment: 0.00 (Neutral)
#23 Republican 1889-1893
Benjamin Harrison
67 orders
• ~198 words/order
Avg Sentiment: 0.00 (Neutral)
#25 Republican 1897-1901
William McKinley
117 orders
• ~203 words/order
Avg Sentiment: 0.00 (Neutral)
#26 Republican 1901-1909
Theodore Roosevelt
104 orders
• ~122 words/order
Avg Sentiment: 0.00 (Neutral)
#27 Republican 1909-1913
William Howard Taft
75 orders
• ~183 words/order
Avg Sentiment: 0.00 (Neutral)
#28 Democrat 1913-1921
Woodrow Wilson
150 orders
• ~370 words/order
Avg Sentiment: 0.00 (Neutral)
#29 Republican 1921-1923
Warren G. Harding
27 orders
• ~337 words/order
Avg Sentiment: 0.00 (Neutral)
#30 Republican 1923-1929
Calvin Coolidge
80 orders
• ~275 words/order
Avg Sentiment: +0.05 (Optimistic)
#31 Republican 1929-1933
Herbert Hoover
1001 orders
• ~280 words/order
Avg Sentiment: 0.00 (Neutral)
#32 Democrat 1933-1945
Franklin D. Roosevelt
3701 orders
• ~353 words/order
Avg Sentiment: 0.00 (Neutral)
#33 Democrat 1945-1953
Harry S. Truman
907 orders
• ~650 words/order
Avg Sentiment: 0.00 (Neutral)
#34 Republican 1953-1961
Dwight D. Eisenhower
483 orders
• ~581 words/order
Avg Sentiment: 0.00 (Neutral)
#35 Democrat 1961-1963
John F. Kennedy
214 orders
• ~747 words/order
Avg Sentiment: 0.00 (Neutral)
#36 Democrat 1963-1969
Lyndon B. Johnson
325 orders
• ~525 words/order
Avg Sentiment: +0.05 (Optimistic)
#37 Republican 1969-1974
Richard Nixon
346 orders
• ~525 words/order
Avg Sentiment: +0.07 (Optimistic)
#38 Republican 1974-1977
Gerald Ford
169 orders
• ~445 words/order
Avg Sentiment: +0.07 (Optimistic)
#39 Democrat 1977-1981
Jimmy Carter
320 orders
• ~660 words/order
Avg Sentiment: +0.08 (Optimistic)
#40 Republican 1981-1989
Ronald Reagan
381 orders
• ~561 words/order
Avg Sentiment: +0.12 (Optimistic)
#41 Republican 1989-1993
George H. W. Bush
166 orders
• ~516 words/order
Avg Sentiment: +0.18 (Optimistic)
#42 Democrat 1993-2001
Bill Clinton
364 orders
• ~863 words/order
Avg Sentiment: +0.29 (Optimistic)
#43 Republican 2001-2009
George W. Bush
291 orders
• ~834 words/order
Avg Sentiment: +0.34 (Optimistic)
#44 Democrat 2009-2017
Barack Obama
276 orders
• ~1197 words/order
Avg Sentiment: +0.47 (Optimistic)
#45/47 Republican 2017-2021, 2025-present
Donald Trump
512 orders
• ~1258 words/order
Avg Sentiment: +0.59 (Optimistic)
#46 Democrat 2021-2025
Joe Biden
162 orders
• ~1997 words/order
Avg Sentiment: +0.63 (Optimistic)
