Distribution of orders across Justice Jackson's constitutional tiers:
Evaluated strictly through the U.S. Constitution (Articles I–VII) & Amendments from an Early Statesman's prism
By direction of the President, Brevet Major-General E. R. S. Canby is hereby assigned to the command of the Fifth Military District, created by the act of Congress of March 2, 1867, and of the Military Department of Texas, consisting of the State of Texas.
Andrew Johnson The following order has been received from the President, and by his direction is published to the Army: The following provisions from the Constitution and laws of the United States in relation to the election of a President and Vice-President of the United States, together…
Andrew Johnson By direction of the President, Brevet Major-General L. H. Rousseau, brigadier-general, commanding Department of Louisiana, is hereby assigned to duty according to his brevet rank of major-general. This order to take effect when General Rousseau assumes command. 19.
Andrew Johnson The following orders from the War Department, which have been approved by the President, are published for the information and government of the Army and of all concerned: The commanding generals of the Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth Military Districts having officially…
Andrew Johnson Be it known that I, Andrew Johnson, President of the United States of America, in compliance with and execution of the act of Congress before mentioned, do issue this my proclamation, announcing the fact of the ratification of the said amendment by the legislature of the State…
Andrew Johnson By direction of the President, Brigadier and Brevet Major-General Irvin McDowell is assigned to the command of the Department of the East. The headquarters of the department will be transferred from Philadelphia to New York City.
Andrew Johnson By direction of the President of the United States, the following orders are made: I. Brevet Major-General Irvin McDowell is relieved from the command of the Fourth Military District, and will report in person, without delay at the War Department. II.
Andrew Johnson The Executive Departments be immediately placed in mourning and all business be suspended on the day of the funeral. It is further ordered that the War and Navy Departments cause suitable military and naval honors to be paid on this occasion to the memory of the illustrious dead.
Andrew Johnson Special Order. NAVY DEPARTMENT The death of ex-President James Buchanan is announced in the following order of the President of the United States: In pursuance of the foregoing order, it is hereby directed that thirty minute guns be fired at each of the navy-yards and naval…
Andrew Johnson Major-General John M. Schofield having been appointed, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, Secretary for the Department of War, is hereby relieved from the command of the First Military District, created by the act of Congress passed March 2, 1867.
Andrew Johnson The chairman of the committee of arrangements having requested that an opportunity may be given to those employed in the several Executive Departments of the Government to unite with their fellow-citizens in paying a fitting tribute to the memory of the brave men whose remains…
Andrew Johnson By direction of the President of the United States, Major-General W. S. Hancock is relieved from command of the Fifth Military District and assigned to command of the Military Division of the Atlantic, created by General Orders, No. 10, of February 12, 1868.
Andrew Johnson Hon. EDWIN M. STANTON, Washington, D.C. SIR: By virtue of the power and authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and laws of the United States, you are hereby removed from office as Secretary for the Department of War, and your functions as such will terminate…
Andrew Johnson Brevet Major-General LORENZO THOMAS, Adjutant-General United States Army, Washington, D.C. SIR: The Hon. Edwin M. Stanton having been this day removed from office as Secretary for the Department of War, you are hereby authorized and empowered to act as Secretary of War ad…
Andrew Johnson The following orders are published for the information and guidance of all concerned: EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washington, D. C., February, 12, 1868. General U. S. GRANT.
Andrew Johnson By direction of the President of the United States, the following orders are made: I. Brevet Major-General E. O. C. Ord will turn over the command of the Fourth Military District to Brevet Major-General A.C. Gillem, and proceed to San Francisco, Cal., to take command of the…
Andrew Johnson It is desired and advised that all communications in writing intended for the executive department of this Government and relating to public business of whatever kind, including suggestions for legislation, claims, contracts, employment, appointments, and removals from office…
Andrew Johnson Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., November 15, 1867. Sir: For the reasons mentioned in the accompanying copies of reports from the Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Commissioner of the General Land Office, dated, respectively, the 7th and 13th instant, I…
Andrew Johnson The heads of the several Executive Departments of the Government are instructed to furnish each person holding an appointment in their respective Departments with an official copy of the proclamation of the President bearing date the 3d instant, with directions strictly to…
Andrew Johnson Brevet Major-General Edward R. S. Canby is hereby assigned to the command of the Second Military District, created by the act of Congress of March 2, 1867, and of the Military Department of the South, embracing the States of North Carolina and South Carolina.
Andrew Johnson General U. S. GRANT, Secretary of War ad interim. Sir: In consequence of the unfavorable condition of the health of Major-General George H. Thomas, as reported to you in Surgeon Hasson's dispatch of the 21st instant, my order dated August 17, 1867, is hereby modified so as to…
Andrew Johnson Major-General George H. Thomas is hereby assigned to the command of the Fifth Military District, created by the act of Congress passed on the 2d day of March, 1867. Major-General P. H. Sheridan is hereby assigned to the command of the Department of the Missouri.
Andrew Johnson Hon. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War . Sir: By virtue of the power and authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and laws of the United States, you are hereby suspended from office as Secretary of War, and will cease to exercise any and all functions pertaining…
Andrew Johnson General Ulysses S. Grant, Washington, D.C . Sir: The Hon. Edwin M. Stanton having been this day suspended as Secretary of War, you are hereby authorized and empowered to act as Secretary of War ad interim , and will at once enter upon the discharge of the duties of the office.
Andrew Johnson Whereas several commanders of military districts created by the acts of Congress known as the reconstruction acts have expressed. doubts as to the proper construction thereof and in respect to some of their powers and duties under said acts, and have applied to the Executive…
Andrew Johnson The President directs that the following change be made, at the request of Major-General Thomas, in the assignment announced in General Orders, No. 10, of March 11, 1867, of commanders of districts, under the act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for the more efficient…
Andrew Johnson In pursuance of the act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for the more efficient government of the rebel States," the President directs the following assignments to be made: First District, State of Virginia, to be commanded by Brevet Major-General J. M. Schofield.
Andrew Johnson Hon. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. Sir: There is ground to apprehend danger of an insurrection in Baltimore against the constituted authorities of the State of Maryland on or about the day of the election soon to be held in that city, and that in such contingency the aid…
Andrew Johnson Hon. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. Sir: In the report of General Grant of the 27th ultimo, inclosed in your communication of that date, reference is made to the force at present stationed in the Military Department of Washington (which embraces the District of Columbia…
Andrew Johnson Hon. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War . Sir: General Ulysses S. Grant having found it inconvenient to assume the duties specified in my letter to you of the 26th instant, you will please relieve him from the same and assign them in all respects to William T. Sherman…
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