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Executive Orders Historical Archive
Official portrait of Herbert Hoover
31st President
Republican Terms: 1929-1933

Herbert Hoover

Orders Tracked
1001
Avg Words / Order
280
Avg Read Time
~2 min
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Youngstown Separation of Powers

1952 Standard

Distribution of orders across Justice Jackson's constitutional tiers:

23.6%
Zone 1 (236)
Statutory Authorization
75.8%
Zone 2 (759)
Zone of Twilight
0.6%
Zone 3 (6)
Lowest Ebb / Friction
Washington Rate Multiplier: 250.3× Washington Baseline

Executive Orders Issued (1,001)showing the 30 most recent

EO 6070 Mar 3, 1933
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 6070—Authorizing the Appointment of Mrs. Mary A. McClung

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

Mrs. Mary A. McClung may be appointed to an appropriate position in the Department of Agriculture without regard to the Civil Service rules.

Herbert Hoover
High School • 1m
EO 6069 Mar 3, 1933
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 6069—Authorizing the Appointment of John M. Hooe

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

Mr. John M. Hooe may be permanently appointed as marine gasoline engineer (qualified as airplane pilot) on the force of the Collector of Customs at Buffalo, N. Y., without compliance with the requirements of the civil-service rules.

Herbert Hoover
High School • 1m
EO 6068 Mar 3, 1933
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 6068—Authorizing the Appointment of Mrs. Daphne Mary Byrne

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

Mrs. Daphne Mary Byrne may be appointed as clerk-typist at $1,260 per annum in the classified service under the Veterans' Administration. This order is issued upon the recommendation of the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs.

Herbert Hoover
High School • 1m
EO 6067 Mar 3, 1933
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 6067—Authorizing the Appointment of Thomas H. Allen

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

Thomas H. Allen may be appointed special investigator in the Immigration Service of the Department of Labor without regard to the requirements of the civil- service rules.

Herbert Hoover
High School • 1m
EO 6066 Mar 3, 1933
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 6066—Retention of Edwin Sheddan Cunningham in the Foreign Service

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

The President of the United States, in the exercise of his discretion, and acting in the interest of the United States, hereby orders the retention on active duty for such time as may be deemed necessary not in excess of five years from July 6, 1933, of Edwin Sheddan…

Herbert Hoover
Post-Graduate Legal • 1m
EO 6065 Mar 3, 1933
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 6065—Establishing the Boulder Canyon Wild Life Refuge, Nevada and Arizona

📜 5th Amend: Regulatory Execution with Due Process

The following-described area in the States of Nevada and Arizona, be, and the same is hereby, reserved and set apart for the use of the Department of Agriculture as a refuge and breeding ground for wild birds and animals: Arizona GILA AND SALT RIVER MERIDIAN T. 31 N., R. 15 W.…

Herbert Hoover
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EO 6064 Mar 3, 1933
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 6064—Rescinding the Executive Order Restricting the Transportation of Passengers from Certain Ports in the Orient to a United States Port

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

Whereas it appears from reports received that the unusual prevalence of epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis infection in the Orient has subsided and the danger of introducing this disease into the United States now can be controlled satisfactorily through the exercise of ordinary…

Herbert Hoover
Post-Graduate Legal • 1m
EO 6062 Mar 2, 1933
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 6062—Authorizing the Appointment of Ruby Mae Webb

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

Ruby Mae Webb may be appointed to a position as rural letter carrier in the classified service without compliance with the civil-service rules.

Herbert Hoover
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EO 6061 Mar 2, 1933
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 6061—Authorizing the Appointment of Special Investigators in the Immigration Service, Department of Labor

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

The following-named persons may be appointed special investigators in the Immigration Service, Department of Labor, without regard to the requirements of the civil-service rules: Joseph Gambaro Solomon Israel This order is issued upon the recommendation of the Secretary of…

Herbert Hoover
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EO 6060 Mar 2, 1933
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 6060—Transfer of Records, Etc., of the President's Emergency Committee and the President's Organization for Unemployment Relief

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

I, Herbert Hoover , President of the United States, pursuant to the power and authority conferred on me by law, do order and direct that all the records, files, and other papers of the President's Emergency Committee and the President's Organization for Unemployment Relief held…

Herbert Hoover
Post-Graduate Legal • 1m
EO 6059 Mar 2, 1933
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 6059—Authorizing the Appointment of Irvin S. Goldbarth

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

Irvin S. Goldbarth may be appointed as Clerk in the Custodian Service at the Federal Building in Richmond, Virginia, without compliance with the requirements of the Civil Service rules. This order is recommended by the Secretary of the Treasury.

Herbert Hoover
High School • 1m
EO 6058 Mar 1, 1933
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 6058—Authorizing the Appointment of Mrs. Jessie N. Barber

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

Mrs. Jessie N. Barber may be reinstated in the classified service and appointed to a clerical position in the General Accounting Office without regard to the civil service requirements relating to apportionment.

Herbert Hoover
High School • 1m
EO 6057 Mar 1, 1933
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 6057—Authorizing the Appointment of Clara L. Hess

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

Clara L. Hess, who, since March 16, 1927, has been serving in a position in the Post Office Department excepted from civil-service requirements, may be appointed in the classified civil service without compliance with civil-service rules.

Herbert Hoover
High School • 1m
EO 6056 Feb 28, 1933
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 6056—Classification of Mr. G. Harold Keatley

📜 10th Amend: Intergovernmental Federalism Cooperation

G. Harold Keatley, of Pennsylvania, who, since April 4, 1929, has been serving in a position in the Department of State excepted from civil-service requirements, may be appointed in the classified service without compliance with civil-service rules.

Herbert Hoover
High School • 1m
EO 6055 Feb 28, 1933
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 6055—Withdrawal of Public Lands for Resurvey, Colorado

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

The public lands in T. 11 S., R. 70 W. of the sixth principal meridian, Colorado, be, and the same are hereby, withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, entry, and all forms of appropriation, pending a resurvey of said township under the act of March 3, 1909 (35 Stat. 845).

Herbert Hoover
High School • 1m
EO 6054 Feb 28, 1933
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 6054—Withdrawal of Public Lands for Resurvey, Colorado

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

The public lands in T. 1 S., R. 75 W. of the sixth principal meridian, Colorado, be, and the same are hereby, withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, entry, and all forms of appropriation, pending a resurvey of said township under the act of March 3, 1909 (35 Stat. 845).

Herbert Hoover
High School • 1m
EO 6053 Feb 28, 1933
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 6053—Modification of Reservoir-Site Reserve No. 17, Pacific Slope Basins, California

📜 10th Amend: Intergovernmental Federalism Cooperation

The Executive order of June 8, 1926, creating Reservoir-Site Reserve No. 17 is hereby modified so as to permit the approval of the application made by the City of Pasadena, State of California, under the act of March 20, 1922 (42 Stat. 465-466), and the issuance of patent to…

Herbert Hoover
High School • 1m
EO 6052 Feb 27, 1933
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 6052—Authorizing the Appointment of Mrs. Marie K. Kaley

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

Mrs. Marie K. Kaley may be appointed an inspectress of customs in the Office of the Collector of Customs at New York, N. Y., without compliance with the requirements of the civil-service rules.

Herbert Hoover
High School • 1m
EO 6051 Feb 27, 1933
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 6051—Federal Employees in the Virgin Islands Permitted to Hold Positions in Local Colonial Councils

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

Membership in the Colonial Council of the Municipality of St. Thomas and St. John, or in the Colonial Council of the Municipality of St. Croix, Virgin Islands, being unremunerative positions, shall not be deemed disqualification for employment in the Federal service in the…

Herbert Hoover
College Level • 1m
EO 6050 Feb 27, 1933
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 6050—Exclusion of Lands in the Tongass National Forest, Alaska for an Army Radio Station

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

Pursuant to authority contained in the act of June 4, 1897 (30 Stat. 11, 34, 36), entitled "AN ACT Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and for other purposes," the…

Herbert Hoover
Grade 7 • 3m
EO 6049 Feb 27, 1933
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 6049—Authorizing the Appointment of Milton Harold Powell

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

Mr. Milton Harold Powell may be appointed as apprentice boy (electrician), Cu-1, in the office of the Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital, without regard to the requirements of the civil-service rules.

Herbert Hoover
High School • 1m
EO 6048 Feb 25, 1933
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 6048—Authorizing the Appointment of Harry E. Timmis

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

Harry E. Timmis, who has been serving in a position under the Department of Commerce excepted from civil-service requirements, may be appointed in the classified service without compliance with civil-service rules.

Herbert Hoover
High School • 1m
EO 6047 Feb 25, 1933
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 6047—Revocation of Schedule A, Subdivision III, Paragraph 1, of the Civil Service Rules

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

Schedule A, Subdivision III, Paragraph 1, of the Civil Service rules, which permits the appointment, without competitive examination, of one confidential clerk, if authorized by the Secretary of the Treasury, to the Collector of Customs at New York, is hereby revoked.

Herbert Hoover
College Level • 1m
EO 6046 Feb 24, 1933
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 6046—Amendment of Schedule A, Subdivision IV, of the Civil-Service Rules

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

Schedule A, Subdivision IV, paragraph 10, of the civil-service rules, excepting certain positions at the United States Military Academy from competitive examination, is hereby amended by numbering the existing paragraph 10(a) and adding a new paragraph (b) to read: (b) Kitchen…

Herbert Hoover
Post-Graduate Legal • 1m
EO 6045 Feb 24, 1933
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 6045—Sitka Dock Site, Alaska

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

The description of the Sitka Dock Site as reserved by Executive Order No. 3333 of October 3, 1920, for use by the Forest Service in connection with the administration of the Tongass National Forest, Alaska, be, and the same is hereby, modified to read as follows: In the Town…

Herbert Hoover
Grade 5 • 1m
EO 6044 Feb 23, 1933
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 6044—Withdrawal of Lands to Protect Fishing Rights of Alaska Natives

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

All that portion of Amaknak Island, Alaska, included within the following-described boundaries, be, and the same is hereby, withdrawn and reserved, subject to any valid existing rights, for the protection of the fishing rights of Alaska natives: Beginning at point for corner…

Herbert Hoover
Grade 7 • 1m
EO 6043 Feb 23, 1933
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 6043—Amendment of Civil Service Rule IX

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

Civil Service Rule IX, section 1 (b), is hereby amended to read as follows: (b) A former classified employee entitled to military preference in appointment may be reinstated without time limit.

Herbert Hoover
High School • 1m
EO 6042 Feb 21, 1933
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 6042—Authorizing the Appointment of Mrs. Grace F. Smythe

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

Mrs. Grace F. Smythe, who, since February 8, 1924, has been serving in a position in the Post Office Department excepted from civil-service requirements, may be appointed in the classified service without compliance with civil-service rules.

Herbert Hoover
High School • 1m
EO 6041 Feb 21, 1933
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 6041—Authorizing the Appointment of Mrs. Adelle B. Freeman

📜 10th Amend: Intergovernmental Federalism Cooperation

Mrs. Adelle B. Freeman may be appointed a junior bacteriologist in the Department of Agriculture without reference to the civil-service rules.

Herbert Hoover
High School • 1m
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