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Executive Orders Historical Archive
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Official portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd President
Democrat Terms: 1933-1945

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Orders Tracked
3701
Avg Words / Order
353
Avg Read Time
~2 min
Avg Sentiment
+0.02
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Youngstown Separation of Powers

1952 Standard

Distribution of orders across Justice Jackson's constitutional tiers:

23.1%
Zone 1 (854)
Statutory Authorization
74.4%
Zone 2 (2752)
Zone of Twilight
2.6%
Zone 3 (95)
Lowest Ebb / Friction
Washington Rate Multiplier: 308.4× Washington Baseline

⚖️ Constitutional Alignment & Sentiment

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

3701 Scored
82 (2%)
Constitutional Fidelity
Art. II §3 faithful statutory execution & civil liberty protection
3524 (95%)
Constitutional Neutral
Routine departmental administration, civil service, executive seals
95 (3%)
Friction & Overreach
Art. I purse/commerce tension, 10th Amend federalism, property takings

Executive Orders Issued (3,701)showing the 30 most recent

EO 9537 Apr 11, 1945
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 9537—Amending Executive Order 8396 of April 18, 1940, Prescribing Chapter I of the Foreign Service Regulations of the United States

📜 10th Amend: Intergovernmental Federalism Cooperation

-3 (e) of Executive Order 8396 of April 18, 1940 (3 CFR Cum. Supp. page 648), prescribing Chapter I of the Foreign Service Regulations of the United States be, and it is hereby, amended to read as follows: "(e) Employees .

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Grade 8 • 1m
EO 9536 Apr 10, 1945
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 9536—Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to Take Possession of and to Operate Certain Coal Mines

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

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to take possession of any and all such mines, and, to the extent that he may deem necessary, of any real or personal property, franchises, rights, facilities, funds, and other assets used in connection with the operation…

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Post-Graduate Legal • 3m
EO 9535 Apr 4, 1945
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 9535—Public Members of the National War Labor Board

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

Executive Order No. 9017 of January 12, 1942, establishing the National War Labor Board, is amended by increasing the number of public members of the said Board from four to eight. Not more than four of such members shall vote on any one matter. 2.

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High School • 1m
EO 9534 Apr 3, 1945
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 9534—Designating the Federal Loan Administrator and the War Food Administrator as Members of the Economic Stabilization Board

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

The Federal Loan Administrator and the War Food Administrator are hereby designated as additional members of the Economic Stabilization Board established by section 2 of Title I of Executive Order 9250 of October 3, 1942, and the said order is amended accordingly.

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Post-Graduate Legal • 1m
EO 9532 Mar 23, 1945
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 9532—Changing the Name of the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs

📜 10th Amend: Intergovernmental Federalism Cooperation

The name of the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, established within the Office for Emergency Management of the Executive Office of the President by Executive Order No. 8840 of July 30, 1941, is changed to the Office of Inter-American Affairs.

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Post-Graduate Legal • 1m
EO 9531 Mar 15, 1945
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 9531—Making Certain Changes in the Customs Field Organization

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

The following changes be, and they are hereby, made in the customs field organization: 1. Customs Collection District Number 46 (Omaha), is abolished. 2.

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High School • 1m
EO 9530 Mar 14, 1945
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 9530—Exemption of Harry F. Hawley From Compulsory Retirement for Age

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

I hereby exempt the said Harry F. Hawley from compulsory retirement for age for such time as may be deemed necessary, but not to exceed the duration of the present emergency.

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High School • 1m
EO 9529 Mar 3, 1945
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 9529—Reinstating Paul H. Alling in the Foreign Service of the United States

📜 10th Amend: Intergovernmental Federalism Cooperation

Paul H. Alling, who resigned his position as an officer in the Foreign Service of the United States on November 30, 1930, to accept appointment to a position in the Department of State, be, and he is hereby, reinstated in the Foreign Service of the United States in Class II…

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EO 9528 Mar 2, 1945
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 9528—Amending Executive Order No. 9096 to Provide a Change in the Order of Succession of Officers to Act as Secretary of the Navy

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

Paragraph 6 of Executive Order No. 9096 of March 12, 1942, providing for the reorganization of the Navy Department and the Naval Service affecting the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations and the Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, is hereby amended so as to read as…

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Post-Graduate Legal • 1m
EO 9527 Feb 28, 1945
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 9527—Relinquishing Possession of the Plants of York Safe and Lock Company, York County, Pennsylvania

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

I hereby direct the Secretary of the Navy to terminate and relinquish, on or before the fifteenth day following the date of this order, any and all possession, use and operation of the plants, facilities and other property of York Safe and Lock Co. held by the Secretary under…

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Post-Graduate Legal • 2m
EO 9526 Feb 28, 1945
⚖️⚠️ Zone 3 (Lowest Ebb) Friction (-0.19)

Executive Order 9526—Amending Certain Executive and Public Land Orders Withdrawing Public Lands for Purposes Incident to the National Emergency and the Prosecution of the War

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

The Executive orders and Public Land orders hereinafter enumerated, withdrawing and reserving public lands for uses incident to the national emergency and the prosecution of the war, are hereby amended by adding to each of the said orders the following paragraph: "The…

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Post-Graduate Legal • 3m
EO 9525 Feb 28, 1945
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 9525—Amendment of Executive Order 9356 of June 24, 1943, Prescribing Regulations Governing the Furnishing of Clothing in Kind or Payment of Cash Allowances in Lieu Thereof to Enlisted Personnel of the Navy, the Coast Guard, the Naval Reserve, and the Coast Guard Reserve

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

Executive Order 9356 of June 24, 1943, as amended, prescribing regulations governing the furnishing of clothing in kind or payment of cash allowances in lieu thereof to enlisted personnel of the Navy, the Coast Guard, the Naval Reserve, and the Coast Guard Reserve, be, and it…

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Post-Graduate Legal • 1m
EO 9524 Feb 18, 1945
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 9524—Amending Executive Order No. 9195 of July 7, 1942, Prescribing Regulations Relating to Aerial Flights by Personnel of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and National Guard

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

Executive Order No. 9195 of July 7, 1942, prescribing regulations relating to aerial flights by personnel of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and National Guard, as amended by Executive Order No. 9458 of July 22, 1944, is hereby further amended as indicated below: 1.

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Post-Graduate Legal • 6m
EO 9523 Feb 18, 1945
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 9523—Authorizing the Secretary of War to Take Possession of and Operate the Plants and Facilities of the American Enka Corporation Located at or Near Enka, North Carolina

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

I hereby authorize the Secretary of War to take possession of the plants and facilities of the American Enka Corporation located at or near Enka, North Carolina, together with any real or personal property, wherever situated, used in connection therewith, and to operate such…

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Post-Graduate Legal • 2m
EO 9522 Feb 13, 1945
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 9522—Transferring the Tomah Radio School Property at Tomah, Wisconsin, to the Control and Jurisdiction of the Veterans' Administration

📜 5th Amend: Regulatory Execution with Due Process

The Tomah Radio School property at Tomah, Wisconsin (sometimes referred to as the Tomah Indian School), formerly the United States Indian Industrial School Farm, as it now exists, containing 378 acres of land, together with all improvements thereon, be, and it is hereby…

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Post-Graduate Legal • 1m
EO 9521 Feb 13, 1945
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 9521—Revocation of Certain Executive Orders Prescribing Regulations Relating to the Duties of Officers and Employees of the Foreign Service of the United States

📜 10th Amend: Intergovernmental Federalism Cooperation

The Executive Order of December 31, 1896 and Executive Orders No. 2262 of October 21, 1915, No. 3313 of July 21, 1920, No. 3731 of September 5, 1922, No. 4255 of June 18, 1925, No. 4605-A of March 8, 1927, No. 4943 of August 2, 1928, No. 6942 of January 8, 1935, No. 7543 of…

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Grade 7 • 3m
EO 9520 Jan 31, 1945
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 9520—Designating the Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

📜 10th Amend: Intergovernmental Federalism Cooperation

I hereby designate Ronald Ransom as Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, to serve for a term of four years from August 6, 1944, unless and until his services as a member of said Board shall have sooner terminated.

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High School • 1m
EO 9519 Jan 31, 1945
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 9519—Extension of the Provisions of Executive Order No. 9001 of December 27, 1941, to the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion, the Office of Contract Settlement, the Surplus Property Board, and the Retraining and Reemployment Administration

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

I hereby extend the provisions of Executive Order No. 9001 of December 27, 1941, to the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion, the Office of Contract Settlement, the Surplus Property Board, and the Retraining and Reemployment Administration, with respect to all contracts…

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Post-Graduate Legal • 1m
EO 9518 Jan 31, 1945
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 9518—Designating the Honorable A. R. de Jesus as Acting Judge of the District Court of the United States for Puerto Rico

📜 5th Amend: Regulatory Execution with Due Process

I hereby designate and authorize the Honorable A. R. de Jesus, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, to perform and discharge the duties of Judge of the District Court of the United States for Puerto Rico, and to sign all necessary papers and records as Acting…

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Post-Graduate Legal • 1m
EO 9517 Jan 31, 1945
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 9517—Returning Certain Land to the Jurisdiction of the Territory of Hawaii

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

The following-described land in Kapiolani Park, District of Waikiki, Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, be, and it is hereby, returned to the jurisdiction of the Territory of Hawaii: Beginning at a 3/4" pipe at the northwest corner of this parcel of land and on the…

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College Level • 2m
EO 9516 Jan 24, 1945
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 9516—Possession and Operation of the Transportation System of the Bingham and Garfield Railway Company

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

I hereby authorize the Secretary of War to take possession and assume control of the transportation system of the Bingham and Garfield Railway Co., together with any real or personal property, wherever situated, used in connection therewith, and to operate such system in…

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Post-Graduate Legal • 1m
EO 9515 Jan 18, 1945
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 9515—Amendment of Rule 54 of Executive Order No. 4314 of September 25, 1925, Establishing Rules Governing Navigation of the Panama Canal and Adjacent Waters

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

Rule 54 of Executive Order No. 4314 of September 25, 1925, establishing rules governing the navigation of the Panama Canal and adjacent waters, as amended by Executive Order No. 6128 of May 10, 1933 (35 CFR 4.60), is hereby further amended to read as follows: "Rule 54.

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EO 9514 Jan 18, 1945
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 9514—Amending Executive Order 9452 Authorizing the Secretary of State to Prescribe Regulations and Issue Orders and Instructions Relating to the Foreign Service of the United States

📜 10th Amend: Intergovernmental Federalism Cooperation

Of Executive Order 9452 of June 26, 1944 (9 FR. 7183) be amended to read as follows: 1. The Secretary of State is authorized to prescribe such regulations and issue such orders and instructions, not inconsistent with the Constitution, any law of the United States, or any…

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College Level • 1m
EO 9513 Jan 17, 1945
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 9513—Extending the Periods of Service or Training and Service of Persons Inducted into or Assigned to the Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard

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

The periods of service or training and service of all persons inducted under the provisions of the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, as amended, who have been, or may hereafter be, inducted into or assigned to the Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard shall be, and they…

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Post-Graduate Legal • 1m
EO 9512 Jan 16, 1945
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 9512—Providing for Coordination of the Allocations of Field Positions Subject to the Classification Act of 1923, as Amended

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

The Civil Service Commission shall prepare and publish standards for the allocation of field positions under the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, and shall coordinate or combine such standards with allocation standards prescribed by the Commission for the departmental…

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Post-Graduate Legal • 1m
EO 9511 Jan 12, 1945
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 9511—Authorizing the Secretary of War to Take Possession of and Operate the Properties of the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company, Located in and Around Cleveland, Ohio

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

I hereby authorize the Secretary of War to take possession of the properties of the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company, located in and around Cleveland, Ohio, together with any real or personal properties, wherever situated, used in connection therewith, and to operate…

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Post-Graduate Legal • 1m
EO 9510 Jan 8, 1945
⚖️⚠️ Zone 3 (Lowest Ebb) Friction (-0.19)

Executive Order 9510—Transfer of Certain Personnel from the Coast and Geodetic Survey to the War Department

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

The following-named commissioned officers are hereby transferred from the Coast and Geodetic Survey to the service and jurisdiction of the War Department: Lieutenant Commander Edward B. Brown, Jr. Lieutenant Commander Max G. Ricketts Lieutenant Commander Kennath S. Ulm…

Franklin D. Roosevelt
High School • 1m
EO 9509 Jan 8, 1945
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 9509—Regulations With Respect to the Uniforms of Commissioned Officers of the Public Health Service, and Governing the Wearing of Such Uniforms

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

I hereby prescribe the following regulations with respect to the uniforms of commissioned officers of the Public Health Service, and governing the wearing of such uniforms: 1.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Post-Graduate Legal • 8m
EO 9508 Dec 27, 1944
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Fidelity (+0.47)

Executive Order 9508—Authorizing the Secretary of War to Take Possession of and to Operate Certain Plants and Facilities of Montgomery Ward & Co., Incorporated

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

The Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed, through and with the aid of any persons or instrumentalities that he may designate, to take possession of the plants and facilities of Montgomery Ward & Co., Incorporated, that are located in Jamaica, New York; Detroit…

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Post-Graduate Legal • 8m
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