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Executive Orders Historical Archive
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Official portrait of Calvin Coolidge
30th President
Republican Terms: 1923-1929

Calvin Coolidge

Orders Tracked
80
Avg Words / Order
275
Avg Read Time
~2 min
Avg Sentiment
+0.05
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Youngstown Separation of Powers

1952 Standard

Distribution of orders across Justice Jackson's constitutional tiers:

28.7%
Zone 1 (23)
Statutory Authorization
70.0%
Zone 2 (56)
Zone of Twilight
1.3%
Zone 3 (1)
Lowest Ebb / Friction
Washington Rate Multiplier: 13.3× Washington Baseline

⚖️ Constitutional Alignment & Sentiment

Evaluated strictly through the U.S. Constitution (Articles I–VII) & Amendments from an Early Statesman's prism

80 Scored
5 (6%)
Constitutional Fidelity
Art. II §3 faithful statutory execution & civil liberty protection
74 (93%)
Constitutional Neutral
Routine departmental administration, civil service, executive seals
1 (1%)
Friction & Overreach
Art. I purse/commerce tension, 10th Amend federalism, property takings

Executive Orders Issued (80)showing the 30 most recent

EO 5075 Mar 4, 1929
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 5075—Authorizing the Appointment of William M. Stuart Without Regard to Civil Service Rules

📜 Art. II §3: Administrative Management & Civil Service

Mrs. William M. Stuart (nee Sarah V. Kenner) may be appointed to an appropriate clerical position in the Federal Service without regard to the length of her separation therefrom. Mrs. Stuart was in the competitive classified service from July 1, 1902, to December 31, 1918.

Calvin Coolidge
High School • 1m
EO 5074 Mar 2, 1929
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 5074—Authorizing the Reinstatement of Raymond F. Mulherin

📜 Art. II §1: Executive Discretion & Internal Operations

Mr. Raymond F. Mulherin, for many years a post office employee and post office inspector, may be reinstated to an appropriate position in the classified service without regard to the time limit upon his eligibility for reinstatement.

Calvin Coolidge
College Level • 1m
EO 5073 Mar 2, 1929
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 5073—Authorizing the Appointment of Lee H. Garby Without Regard to Civil Service Rules

📜 Art. II §2: Commander-in-Chief Supervisory Authority

Mrs. Lee H. Garby, widow of Dr. Carl D. Garby, engaged in chemical work in the Departments of Navy, War, and Agriculture from January 12, 1916, to July 10, ? 1928, may be appointed to an appropriate position in the classified service without regard to the provisions of the…

Calvin Coolidge
High School • 1m
EO 5072 Mar 2, 1929
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 5072—Authorizing the Appointment of Virginia Ladd Without Regard to Civil Service Rules

📜 Art. II §2: Commander-in-Chief Supervisory Authority

Miss Virginia Ladd may be appointed to an appropriate clerical position in the classified service without regard to the provisions of the civil service rules. The Secretaiy of War recommends the issuance of an executive order to permit the appointment of Miss Ladd.

Calvin Coolidge
High School • 1m
EO 5069 Mar 2, 1929
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 5069—Authorizing the Reinstatement of Jeannette J. Donahue Without Regard to Civil Service Rules

📜 Art. II §3: Administrative Management & Civil Service

Mrs. Jeannette J. Donahue, widow of Mr. Peter A. Donahue who died April 13, 1928, after many years of service in the Immigration Service, may be reinstated to an appropriate position in the Department of Labor without regard to the time limit upon reinstatement.

Calvin Coolidge
High School • 1m
EO 5068 Mar 2, 1929
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 5068—Amendment of Civil Service Rule VI

📜 Art. II §2: Commander-in-Chief Supervisory Authority

The civil service rules are hereby amended as indicated below. Rule VI, paragraph 1, is amended to read as follows by eliminating the words "and widows of such, and wives of injured soldiers, sailors, and marines, who themselves are not qualified but whose wives are qualified…

Calvin Coolidge
Post-Graduate Legal • 2m
EO 5067 Mar 2, 1929
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 5067—Assignment of Frequencies to Government Radio Stations

📜 Art. II §2: Commander-in-Chief Supervisory Authority

I Calvin Coolidge, President of the United States of America, pursuant to the authority vested in me by law, do hereby amend Executive Order No. 4846-A, dated March 30, 1928, to include the assignment of the frequencies of 6120 kilocycles and 9550 kilocycles for use by Station…

Calvin Coolidge
Post-Graduate Legal • 1m
EO 5066 Mar 1, 1929
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 5066—Reserving Certain Described Lands in Wyoming Pending Resurvey

📜 Art. II §2: Commander-in-Chief Supervisory Authority

Executive Order No. 3857, dated May 31, 1923, withdrawing, among other lands, the public lands in T. 27 N.R. 115 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming, pending a resurvey, be and the same is hereby revoked as to the above mentioned township.

Calvin Coolidge
High School • 1m
EO 5064 Feb 28, 1929
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 5064—Authorizing the Appointment of Elizabeth Gibson Without Regard to Civil Service Rules

📜 Art. II §2: Commander-in-Chief Supervisory Authority

Miss Elizabeth Gibson may be employed as a clerk or typist under the Navy Department or Naval Establishment without regard to the Civil Service Act or Rules. This Order is issued upon recommendation of the Secretary of the Navy.

Calvin Coolidge
High School • 1m
EO 5063 Feb 28, 1929
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 5063—Reserving Certain Described Lands in Oregon for Classification and Pending Legislation

📜 Art. II §1: Executive Discretion & Internal Operations

Under authority of the act of Congress approved June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. 847), as amended by the act of August 24, 1912 (37 Stat. 497), that the following described lands, namely, N½ NW¼, or lots 3 and 4 Sec. 3, W½ NE¼ NE¼ and E½ NW¼ NE¼ Sec. 27, T. 37 S. R. 3 E., W. M., Oregon…

Calvin Coolidge
Grade 6 • 1m
EO 5062 Feb 28, 1929
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 5062—Designating Airspace Over the District of Columbia as a Prohibited Area

📜 Art. II §1: Executive Discretion & Internal Operations

By authority of the provisions of section 4 of the Air Commerce Act of 1926 the airspace over the District of Columbia is hereby designated as a prohibited area from midnight March 2, 1929, to midnight March 6, 1929, for public safety purposes.

Calvin Coolidge
Post-Graduate Legal • 1m
EO 5058 Feb 26, 1929
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 5058—Authorizing the Appointment of Julia Behneke Without Regard to Civil Service Rules

📜 Art. II §3: Administrative Management & Civil Service

Mrs. Julia Behneke may be appointed to an appropriate position in the Department of Labor without reference to the provisions of the civil service rules. The appointment is recommended by the Secretary of Labor. The Civil Service Commission is unable to concur.

Calvin Coolidge
High School • 1m
EO 5056 Feb 23, 1929
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 5056—Authorizing the Appointment of Mary Scott Mills Without Regard to Civil Service Rules

📜 Art. I §8: Delegated Tariff & Commerce Execution

Mrs. Mary Scott Mills, widow of Mr. John S. Mills who served the Government very efficiently for fifty-one years and from 1897 in the Treasury Department, may be appointed to an appropriate classified position without reference to the civil service rules.

Calvin Coolidge
High School • 1m
EO 5055 Feb 23, 1929
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 5055—Amendment to Subdivision IX, Schedule A of the Civil Service Rules

📜 Art. II §3: Administrative Management & Civil Service

Paragraph 3, Subdivision IX, Schedule A, positions excepted from examination under the civil service rules, is hereby amended to read as follows: Guards, scalers, field assistants for reconnaissance parties, foremen engaged upon road or trail construction, and telephone…

Calvin Coolidge
College Level • 1m
EO 5053 Feb 22, 1929
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 5053—Authorizing the Appointment of Anna M. Archibald Without Regard to Civil Service Rules

📜 Art. II §2: Commander-in-Chief Supervisory Authority

Mrs. Anna M. Archibald, widow of Captain Robert J. Archibald, U. S. Marine Corps, killed in an airplane crash, November 1, 1928, while a student at the Army Air Corps Tactical School, may be appointed to any position for which she is qualified in the Federal service without…

Calvin Coolidge
High School • 1m
EO 5052 Feb 21, 1929
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 5052—Authorizing the Appointment of Mrs. James E. Golladay Without Regard to Civil Service Rules

📜 Art. II §3: Administrative Management & Civil Service

Mrs. James E. Golladay, widow of Mr. Golladay, who served in the Interior Department for twenty-eight years preceding his death, may be appointed to an appropriate clerical position without reference to the civil service rules.

Calvin Coolidge
High School • 1m
EO 5050 Feb 21, 1929
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 5050—Authorizing the Appointment of Samuel H. Thompson Without Regard to Civil Service Rules

📜 Art. II §3: Administrative Management & Civil Service

Mr. Samuel H. Thompson may be appointed to an appropriate position in or under the Indian Bureau without reference to the civil service rules. Mr. Thompson has had long service in high grade supervisory positions outside the Government service.

Calvin Coolidge
High School • 1m
EO 5049 Feb 19, 1929
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 5049—Authorizing the Appointment of Anna M. Stack Without Regard to Civil Service Rules

📜 Art. II §3: Administrative Management & Civil Service

Miss Anna M. Stack, of Northampton, Massachusetts, may be appointed to an appropriate position in the classified service, without regard to the Civil Service rules. This order is issued because of my personal knowledge of the qualifications of Miss Stack.

Calvin Coolidge
High School • 1m
EO 5048 Feb 18, 1929
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 5048—Revoking in Part, Executive Order No. 4889

📜 Art. II §1: Executive Discretion & Internal Operations

Executive Order No. 4889 of May 26, 1928, withdrawing certain lands in Minnesota for classification and in aid of the legislation proposed in pending S. 3913 and H.R. 12780 of the 70th Congress, be and it is hereby revoked in so far as it affects the following described tract…

Calvin Coolidge
Grade 8 • 1m
EO 5047 Feb 18, 1929
⚖️⚠️ Zone 3 (Lowest Ebb) Friction (-0.44)

Executive Order 5047—Declaring the Panama Canal Zone to be a Military Airspace Reservation

📜 Art. II §2: Commander-in-Chief / War Prerogative Tension

I hereby declare the Panama Canal Zone including the "three mile limit" to be a Military Airspace Reservation. The following regulations, applying exclusively to private aircraft as herein described, will control aerial navigation in the Panama Canal Zone. * * * * * * * 1.

Calvin Coolidge
Post-Graduate Legal • 6m
EO 5046 Feb 16, 1929
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 5046—Modification of Reservation of Certain Described Lands in California to Permit Approval of an Application for Right of Way for a Tramway for the Little River Redwood Company

📜 Art. II §1: Executive Discretion & Internal Operations

The Executive order of October 28, 1925, withdrawing Lot 6 Sec. 6, Lots 1 and 2 Sec. 7, T. 7 N., R. 1 E., H.M., California, under the provisions of the act of Congress approved June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. 847), as amended, is hereby modified to the extent of authorizing the…

Calvin Coolidge
High School • 1m
EO 5045 Feb 16, 1929
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 5045—Amendment to the Consular Regulations

📜 Art. II §1: Executive Discretion & Internal Operations

The Consular Regulations are hereby amended as follows: Paragraph 604 is amended by striking out, in the section entitled "At inland consulates", the subsection numbered (3) relating to the register of correspondence received and sent.

Calvin Coolidge
College Level • 1m
EO 5044 Feb 16, 1929
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 5044—Amendment to Executive Order No. 4987 Correcting Description of Land at the the Fort Tilden Military Reservation

📜 Art. II §2: Commander-in-Chief Supervisory Authority

The said Executive Order No. 4987, dated November 2, 1928, be and the same is hereby amended with respect to the description of the land, so as to read as follows:— "Beginning at a point described as Monument #124 located on the southerly line of Rockaway Beach Boulevard…

Calvin Coolidge
High School • 1m
EO 5043 Feb 15, 1929
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 5043—Authorizing the Appointment of Marion Hayes McCarthy Without Regard to Civil Service Rules

📜 Art. II §2: Commander-in-Chief Supervisory Authority

Mrs. Marion Hayes McCarthy, whose husband, Master-Sergeant Joseph B. McCarthy, Air Corps, lost his life in an airplane accident on January 11, 1929, in the line of duty, may be appointed as telephone operator under the War Department without reference to the civil service rules.

Calvin Coolidge
High School • 1m
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