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Executive Orders Historical Archive
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Official portrait of Harry S. Truman
33rd President
Democrat Terms: 1945-1953

Harry S. Truman

Orders Tracked
907
Avg Words / Order
650
Avg Read Time
~3 min
Avg Sentiment
+0.03
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Youngstown Separation of Powers

1952 Standard

Distribution of orders across Justice Jackson's constitutional tiers:

19.0%
Zone 1 (172)
Statutory Authorization
78.7%
Zone 2 (714)
Zone of Twilight
2.3%
Zone 3 (21)
Lowest Ebb / Friction
Washington Rate Multiplier: 113.4× Washington Baseline

⚖️ Constitutional Alignment & Sentiment

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

907 Scored
54 (6%)
Constitutional Fidelity
Art. II §3 faithful statutory execution & civil liberty protection
832 (92%)
Constitutional Neutral
Routine departmental administration, civil service, executive seals
21 (2%)
Friction & Overreach
Art. I purse/commerce tension, 10th Amend federalism, property takings

Executive Orders Issued (907)showing the 30 most recent

EO 10431 Partially superseded Jan 19, 1953
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 10431—National Security Medal

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

There is hereby established a medal to be known as the National Security Medal with accompanying ribbons and appurtenances. The medal and its appurtenances shall be of appropriate design, approved by the Executive Secretary of the National Security Council. 2.

Harry S Truman
College Level • 1m
EO 10430 Jan 17, 1953
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 10430—Authorizing the Appointment of Mrs. Beth Campbell Short to the Competitive Position Without Regard to the Civil Service Rules and Regulations

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

Mrs. Beth Campbell Short may be appointed to a permanent competitive position in the classified civil service of the United States without regard to the competitive provisions of the Civil Service Rules and Regulations.

Harry S Truman
High School • 1m
EO 10428 Jan 17, 1953
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 10428—Delegating to the Secretary of Defense the Authority of the President to Empower Certain Commanding Officers of the Armed Forces to Convene General Courts-Martial

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

I hereby delegate to the Secretary of Defense the authority, vested in the President by the Uniform Code of Military Justice, Article 22 (a) (7), to empower any officer of the armed forces who is the commander of a joint command or joint task force to convene general…

Harry S Truman
Post-Graduate Legal • 1m
EO 10427 Jan 16, 1953
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Fidelity (+0.33)

Executive Order 10427—Administration of Disaster Relief

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

The following-described authority and functions shall be exercised or performed by the Federal Civil Defense Administrator: (a) The authority conferred upon the President by section 3 of the act to direct Federal agencies to provide assistance in major disasters.

Harry S Truman
Post-Graduate Legal • 4m
EO 10426 Jan 16, 1953
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 10426—Setting Aside Submerged Lands of the Continental Shelf as a Naval Petroleum Reserve

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

Subject to valid existing rights, if any, and to the provisions of this order, the lands of the continental shelf of the United States and Alaska lying seaward of the line of mean low tide and outside the inland waters and extending to the furthermost limits of the paramount…

Harry S Truman
Post-Graduate Legal • 2m
EO 10424 Jan 15, 1953
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 10424—Authorizing Competitive Status for Norman E. Prince Wthout Compliance with the Competitive Provisions of the Civil Service Rules and Regulations

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

I hereby authorize competitive Civil Service status for Norman E. Prince, presently an employee of the Department of the Navy, in order to correct an administrative error of the Veterans Administration made while he was an employee of that agency.

Harry S Truman
High School • 1m
EO 10423 Jan 14, 1953
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 10423—Conferring a Competitive Civil-Service Status Upon William P. Francisco Without Regard to the Competitive Provisions of the Civil Service Rules and Regulations

📜 10th Amend: Intergovernmental Federalism Cooperation

I hereby confer a competitive civil-service status upon William P. Francisco, Deputy United State Marshal, Southern District of New York, without regard to the competitive provisions of the Civil Service Rules and Regulations.

Harry S Truman
High School • 1m
EO 10422 Jan 9, 1953
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 10422—Prescribing Procedures for Making Available to the Secretary General of the United Nations Certain Information Concerning United States Citizens Employed or Being Considered for Employment on the Secretariat of the United Nations

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

PART I - INVESTIGATION OF UNITED STATES CITIZENS EMPLOYED OR BEING CONSIDERED FOR EMPLOYMENT ON THE SECRETARIAT OF THE UNITED NATIONS 1. Upon the receipt by the Secretary of State from the Secretary General of the United Nations of the name of and other necessary identifying…

Harry S Truman
Post-Graduate Legal • 8m
EO 10421 Dec 31, 1952
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Fidelity (+0.44)

Executive Order 10421—Providing for the Physical Security of Facilities Important to the National Defense

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

As used in the following sections of this order: (a) The word "facilities" means those Government-owned and privately -owned plants, mines, facilities (including buildings occupied in whole or in part by any Federal agency), materials, products, and processes, and those…

Harry S Truman
Post-Graduate Legal • 9m
EO 10420 Dec 17, 1952
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 10420—Amending the Selective Service Regulations and Executive Order No. 10363 of June 17, 1952

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

I hereby prescribe the following amendments of the Selective Service Regulations prescribed by Executive Orders No. 9988 of August 20, 1948 No. 10001 of September 17, 1948, No. 10008 of October 18, 1948, No. 10167 of October 11, 1950, No 10202 of January 12, 1951, No. 10258 of…

Harry S Truman
College Level • 14m
EO 10419 Dec 11, 1952
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 10419—Restoring the Posssession, Use, and Control of Certain Land to the Territory of Hawaii and Transferring Title to Such Land to the Territory

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

Upon the fulfillment of the conditions precedent specified in Part II of this order and the certification thereof by the Co9mmissioner of Immigration and Naturalization as provided in such part, and without further act, the possession, use, and control of the…

Harry S Truman
High School • 7m
EO 10418 Dec 6, 1952
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 10418—Executive Order 10321 Amended

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

Executive Order 10321, dated January 24, 1952, is hereby amended by striking out "1950" an inserting in lieu thereof "1951".

Harry S Truman
Grade 7 • 1m
EO 10417 Dec 6, 1952
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 10417-A—Excusing Federal Employees from Duty on Friday, December 26, 1952

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

The several executive departments, independent establishments, and other governmental agencies in the metropolitan area of the District of Columbia, including the General Accounting Office, the Government Printing Office, and the Navy Yard and Naval stations, shall be closed…

Harry S Truman
Post-Graduate Legal • 1m
EO 10417 Dec 3, 1952
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 10417—Creating a Board of Inquiry to Report on a Labor Dispute Affecting the Construction and Operation of Atomic Energy Facilities

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

WHEREAS there exists a labor dispute at the plant of the American Locomotive Company at Dunkirk, New York, between the said Company and certain of its employees represented by Local 2286 and Local 4498, United Steel Workers of America, CIO; and WHEREAS in my opinion such…

Harry S Truman
Post-Graduate Legal • 1m
EO 10416 Dec 2, 1952
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 10416—Amendment of Executive Orders No. 10251 and No. 10282, Suspending the Eight-Hour Law as to Certain Laborers and Mechanics Employed by the Department of Defense and the Department of the Interior Repectively

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

Executive Order No. 10251 of June 7, 1951, and Executive Order No. 10282 of August 29, 1951, suspending the eight-hour law with respect to laborers and mechanics employed by the Department of Defense and the Department of the Interior, respectively, on public work essential to…

Harry S Truman
High School • 1m
EO 10415 Dec 2, 1952
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 10415—Amendment of Executive Order No. 9949, Entitled "Modifying Executive Order No. 9721, Providing for the Transfer of Personnel to Certain Public International Organizations"

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

I hereby amend Executive Order No. 9949, entitled "Modifying Executive Order No. 9721, Providing for the Transfer of Personnel to Certain Public International Organizations", by striking out the words "within five years from the date of his transfer to such Board", occurring in…

Harry S Truman
High School • 1m
EO 10414 Nov 25, 1952
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 10414—Restoring Land of the Upolu Point Military Reservation to the Jurisdiciton of the Territory of Hawaii

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

The following-described tract of land located at Opihipau, North Kohala, Island of Hawaii, Territory of Hawaii, constituting the Upolu Point Military Reservation, is hereby restored to the possession, use, and control of the Territory of Hawaii: Beginning at a pipe at the…

Harry S Truman
College Level • 2m
EO 10413 Nov 17, 1952
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 10413—Restoring Kure (Ocean) Island to the Jurisdiction of the Territory of Hawaii

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

Kure (Ocean) Island, together with the surrounding reef, is hereby restored to the possession, use, and control of the Territory of Hawaii, there being reserved, however, unto the Secretary of the Navy the right to maintain a radar reflector on such island, including the right…

Harry S Truman
Post-Graduate Legal • 1m
EO 10412 Nov 15, 1952
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 10412—Inspection of Returns by Senate Committee on the Judiciary

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

Any income, excess-profits, declared value excess-profits, capital stock, estate, or gift tax return for the years 1941 to 1951, inclusive, shall, during the Eighty-second Congress, be open to inspection by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary or any duly authorized…

Harry S Truman
College Level • 1m
EO 10411 Nov 14, 1952
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 10411—Restoring Certain Lands Comprising Parts of the Aiea Military Reservation of the Jurisdiction of the Territory of Hawaii

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

The possession, use, and control of the following-described parcels of land comprising parts of the Aiea Military Reservation, Island of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, are hereby restored to the jurisdiction of the Territory of Hawaii, are hereby restored to the jurisdiction of the…

Harry S Truman
High School • 2m
EO 10410 Nov 14, 1952
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 10410—Specification of Laws from Which the Escapee Program Administered by the Department of State Shall Be Exempt

📜 5th Amend: Regulatory Execution with Due Process

It is hereby determined that the performance of functions with respect to the escapee program, authorized by section 101 (a) (1) of the Mutual Security Act of 1951, as amended, and administered by the Department of State, without regard to the three following-designated…

Harry S Truman
High School • 1m
EO 10409 Nov 12, 1952
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 10409—Award of the Purle Heart to Persons Serving with the Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard of the United States

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

The Secretary of the Navy shall award the Purple Heart, in the name of the President of the United States, to any person who while serving in any capacity with the Navy, Marin Corps, or Coast Guard of the United States has been, or may hereafter be, wounded (a) in any action…

Harry S Truman
Post-Graduate Legal • 3m
EO 10408 Nov 10, 1952
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 10408—Transfer of the Administrion of the Portion of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands Which Includes the Islands of Tinian and Saipan from the Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary of the Navy

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

The administration of that portion of the trust territory which includes the islands of Tinian and Saipan is hereby transferred from the Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary of the Navy, such transfer to become effective on January 1, 1953. 2.

Harry S Truman
Post-Graduate Legal • 3m
EO 10407 Nov 6, 1952
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 10407—Withholding of State or Territorial Income Taxes by Federal Agencies

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

I hereby prescribe the following regulations governing agreements to be entered into between the Secretary of the Treasury and any State or Territory, pursuant to the provisions of the said act of July 17, 1952, with respect to the withholding of State or Territorial income…

Harry S Truman
Post-Graduate Legal • 5m
EO 10406 Nov 6, 1952
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 10406—Creating an Emergency Board to Investigate a Dispute Between the United Air Lines, Inc. and Certain of Its Employees

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

I hereby create a board of three members, to be appointed by me, to investigate the said dispute. No member of the said board shall be pecuniarily or otherwise interested in any organization of employees or any carrier.

Harry S Truman
College Level • 1m
EO 10404 Nov 5, 1952
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 10404—Resorting Certain Land Reserved for Military Purposes to the Territory of Hawaii and Transfering Title to Such Land and to Certain Other Lands to the Territory

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

The possession, use, and control of the following-described tract of land comprising a portion of the Fort Shafter Military Reservation, Honolulu, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, is hereby restored to the Territory of Hawaii, and title to such tract is hereby transferred to the said…

Harry S Truman
High School • 3m
EO 10403 Nov 5, 1952
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 10403—Reserving Certain Lands Comprising a Part of the Fort Missoula Military Reservation as an Addition to the Fort Missoula District of the Lolo National Forest

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

The following-described lands, which comprise a part of the Fort Missoula Military Reservation in the State of Montana, and which, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of Agriculture, are suitable for the production of timber, are hereby reserved as a…

Harry S Truman
High School • 2m
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