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Official portrait of Theodore Roosevelt
25th President
Republican Terms: 1901-1909

Theodore Roosevelt

Orders Tracked
104
Avg Words / Order
122
Avg Read Time
~1 min
Avg Sentiment
+0.03

⚖️ Constitutional Alignment & Sentiment

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

104 Scored
0 (0%)
Constitutional Fidelity
Art. II §3 faithful statutory execution & civil liberty protection
0 (0%)
Constitutional Neutral
Routine departmental administration, civil service, executive seals
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Friction & Overreach
Art. I purse/commerce tension, 10th Amend federalism, property takings

Executive Orders Issued (104)

EO 1044 Feb 27, 1909
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 1044—Establishing the Pribilof Reservation, Alaska

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

It is hereby ordered that two small islands of the Pribilof group, located approximately in latitude fifty-seven degrees north, longitude one hundred and seventy degrees west from Greenwich, in Bering Sea, Alaska, known as Walrus island and Otter island, and located within the ar...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 190 words
EO 1000 Dec 30, 1908
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 1000—Alamo National Forest, New Mexico

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

It is hereby ordered that the unallotted lands in Tps. 17, 18, 19, 20, and 21 N., Rs. 5, 6, 7, and 8 W., and Tps. 22 and 23 N., Rs. 6, 7, and 8 W. of the New Mexico principal meridian, withdrawn from sale and settlement and set apart for the use of the Indians as an addition to t...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 2m • 431 words
Order Jan 28, 1908
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order—Jicarilla Apache, New Mexico

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

Whereas it is found that Executive order of November 11, 1907, setting apart certain lands for the use of the Indians of the Jicarilla Indian Reservation, New Mexico, conflicts in part with Executive order of November 9, 1907, setting apart certain lands as an addition to the Nav...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 2m • 369 words
EO 744 Jan 28, 1908
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 744—Camp McDowell Reservation, Arizona

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

Whereas it is found that the Executive order of November 9, 1907, setting apart certain lands in Arizona and New Mexico as an addition to the Navajo Indian Reservation, conflicts in part with Executive order of November 11, 1907, setting apart certain lands as an addition to the ...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 2m • 475 words
EO 743 Jan 28, 1908
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 743—Pine Ridge School Reservation, South Dakota

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

Whereas it is found that Executive order of November 11, 1907, setting apart certain lands for the use of the Indians of the Jicarilla Indian Reservation, N. Mex., conflicts in part with Executive order of November 9, 1907, setting apart certain lands as an addition to the Navajo...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 2m • 356 words
EO 711 Nov 11, 1907
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 711—Pine Ridge School Reservation, South Dakota

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

It is hereby ordered that the following-described lands in New Mexico, viz: Beginning at the northeast corner of T. 26 N., R. 4 W.; thence east along the township line between Tps. 26 and 27 N. to the northwest corner of T. 26 N., R. 5 W.; thence due south to the southeast corner...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 225 words
EO 709 Nov 9, 1907
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 709—Camp McDowell Reservation, Arizona

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

It is hereby ordered that the following-described tract of country in the Territories of Arizona and New Mexico, viz: Commencing at a point where the east line of the Navajo Indian Reservation, as at present constituted, intersects the north boundary of township 23 north, range 1...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 2m • 314 words
Order Dec 19, 1906
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

It is hereby ordered that the following-described lands in New Mexico, namely: T. 16 N., R. 1 E., Jemez meridian, excepting any tract or tracts the title to which has passed out of the United States Government or to which valid legal rights have attached, be, and the same are, he...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 82 words
Order Feb 5, 1906
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order—Cancellation of Lands Set Apart in Utah

🏛️ 10th Amend: Intergovernmental Federalism Cooperation

It is hereby ordered that block 77, in the town site of Randlett, Utah, as per plat approved by the Secretary of the Interior, December 2, 1905, under the provisions of sections 2380 and 2381, Revised Statutes, located in sec. 7, T. 3 S., R. 2 E., United States meridian, be withd...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 121 words
Order Jan 31, 1906
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order—Modification of Executive Order of May 21, 1887

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

A new survey having been made by First Lieut. James Huston, Tenth Cavalry, of the military reservation of Fort Washakie, Wyo., reserved by Executive order of May 21, 1887 (G.O. No. 37, Headquarters of the Army, A.G.O., May 26, 1887), as determined from the old corner monuments, e...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 281 words
Order Nov 18, 1905
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

Schedule A of the civil service rules is hereby amended by adding to Section II, Treasury Department, a new clause to be numbered 12, to read as follows: 12. One examiner of tobacco and one examiner of tea in the Customs Service at the Port of Chicago. THEODORE ROOSEVELT.

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 49 words
Order Nov 17, 1905
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

🏛️ 5th Amend: Regulatory Execution with Due Process

Civil service rule No. 12 is hereby amended to read as follows, concerning removals: "1. In making removals or reductions, and in other punishment, penalties like in character shall be imposed for like offenses. "2. No person shall be removed from a competitive position except fo...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 267 words
Order Nov 17, 1905
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

When the President or head of an executive department is satisfied that an officer or employe in the classified service is inefficient or incapable, and that the public service will be materially improved by his removal, such removal will be made without hearing; but the cause of...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 82 words
Order Oct 17, 1905
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

When the President or head of an executive department is satisfied that an officer or employee in the classified service is inefficient or incapable, and that the public service will be materially improved by his removal, such removal will be made without hearing, but the cause o...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 83 words
Order Oct 13, 1905
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

No officer or employee of the government shall, directly or indirectly, instruct or be concerned in any manner in the instruction of any person, or classes of persons, with a view to their special preparation for the examination of the United States Civil Service Commission. The ...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 69 words
Order Aug 31, 1905
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

It is ordered that each member of the advisory board of engineers upon plans of the Panama Canal shall be allowed $5,000, payable upon the completion of the report of the board. In addition thereto he shall, when on duty with the board, be allowed $15 per day for personal expense...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 185 words
Order Aug 26, 1905
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

The requirement that a person proposed for transfer must have actually served in the classified service at least six months next preceding the transfer may be waived in the case of the transfer of W. E. Lackland from the Treasury Department to the Post-Office at Prescott, Arizona...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 49 words
Order Jul 29, 1905
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order—Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico

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

It is hereby ordered that all that portion of the public domain in the Territory of New Mexico embracing the following sections and fractional sections, viz: S. 1/2 sec. 1, all of secs. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, and N. 1/2 secs. 17, 18, 23, and 24 of T. ...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 2m • 359 words
Order Jul 25, 1905
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

Mrs. McLanaham, after twelve years' service, was separated from the position of sewer in the Government Printing Office prior to her marriage in 1894. In June, 1903, she was left a widow with three children to support. In view of her unfortunate circumstances and previous efficie...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 80 words
Order Jul 22, 1905
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

The recommendations made within by the Acting Secretary of War are approved. The Secretary of the Interior will cause this action to be noted on the records of the General Land Office. T. ROOSEVELT

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 34 words
Order Jul 21, 1905
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order—Fort Shaw School Reservation, Montana

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

THE PRESIDENT: The military reservation of Fort Shaw, Mont., declared by Executive order of January 11, 1870, and embracing an area of about 29,843 acres, has become useless for military purposes. By order of the Secretary of War, dated April 25, 1892 (G. O., No. 30, Headquarters...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 2m • 443 words
Order Jun 29, 1905
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

🏛️ 10th Amend: Intergovernmental Federalism Cooperation

Mrs. Edna K. Hoyt, who is temporarily employed as clerk in the Department of State, may be permanently appointed, without examination under the civil-service rules, with a salary at the rate of $1,200 per annum. (NOTE) Done at the request of Secretary Hay, who says she is now the...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 59 words
Order May 15, 1905
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order—Cancellation of Lands Set Apart in Utah

🏛️ 10th Amend: Intergovernmental Federalism Cooperation

The Executive order of March 10, 1905, setting apart certain lands in Utah as an addition to the Navaho Indian Reservation, is hereby canceled, and in lieu thereof it is hereby ordered that the following-described lands situated in said State be, and the same are hereby, withheld...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 234 words
Order Mar 10, 1905
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order—Navaho Reservation, Utah

🏛️ 10th Amend: Intergovernmental Federalism Cooperation

It is hereby ordered that the following described lands situated in the State of Utah, be, and the same are hereby, withheld from sale and settlement and set apart for Indian purposes, as an addition to the Navaho Indian Reservation, viz: Beginning at the mouth of Montezuma Creek...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 131 words
Order Jan 27, 1905
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

The appointment of Mr. E. W. Libbey as telegraph and telephone operator, at $1,000 per annum, in the Department of Commerce and Labor, on July 13, 1903, is approved, and he may be continued in the service without examination under the Civil-Service rules. THEODORE ROOSEVELT.

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 45 words
Order Jan 9, 1905
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

Mrs. Elizabeth C. Peters may be reinstated to the position of sewer in the Government Printing Office without regard to the provision of Rule IX limiting the period of eligibility for reinstatements to one year from the date of separation. THEODORE ROOSEVELT.

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 42 words
Order Jan 4, 1905
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

Mrs. Evelyn M. Ford may be reinstated to the position of clerk in the office of the Secretary of War without regard to the provisions of Rule IX limiting the period of eligibility to one year from the date of separation. THEODORE ROOSEVELT.

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 43 words
Order Nov 29, 1904
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

Substitute watchmen in the Government Printing Office will hereafter be regarded as classified under the civil-service rules. The forty persons named in the list transmitted to the Civil Service Commission by the Public Printer under date of October 4, 1904, now serving in that o...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 61 words
Order Nov 29, 1904
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

In connection with this order of classification the President issued an executive order defining the positions which may be filled without competitive examination under the civil-service rules. WHITE HOUSE, November 29, 1904. No person shall be appointed or employed in any Execut...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 137 words
Order Nov 15, 1904
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

In the exercise of the power vested in the President by Section 1753 of the Revised Statutes and acts amendatory thereof: IT IS ORDERED, That the Isthmian Canal Commission be classified and the civil-service act and rules applied thereto, and that no person be hereafter appointed...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 203 words
Order Jun 24, 1904
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

Clarence Reeder may be appointed as private secretary to the Director of the Geological Survey, without examination under the civil-service rules. THEODORE ROOSEVELT.

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 23 words
Order Jun 23, 1904
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

An exception to the requirements of the civil-service rules is hereby made to permit the appointment, without examination, of Dr. William L. Ralph as curator of the section of birds' eggs in the National Museum, at a salary of $100 per month. THEODORE ROOSEVELT.

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 44 words
Order Jun 17, 1904
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

An exception to the requirements of the civil-service rules is hereby made to permit the appointment of Mr. Samuel D. Amen to the position of internal-revenue agent. THEODORE ROOSEVELT.

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 29 words
Order Jun 13, 1904
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

A person who has been reinstated in the classified service in a grade lower than that from which he had been separated, may be promoted to his former grade without examination. THEODORE ROOSEVELT.

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 33 words
Order Jun 2, 1904
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

🏛️ 10th Amend: Intergovernmental Federalism Cooperation

In accordance with the provisions of Section 2253 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, and by the authority therein given, it is hereby ordered that the lands included within the following boundaries and being a portion of the Grand Forks land district, in the State of N...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 240 words
Order May 26, 1904
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

Mr. I. B. Conklin may be appointed as special laborer (clerk) at $3.28 per diem in the office of the paymaster, navy-yard, Washington, D.C., without examination under the civil-service rules. THEODORE ROOSEVELT.

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 32 words
Order May 18, 1904
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

Miss Katherine C. Masterson may be reinstated in the Government Printing Office without regard to the year limitation of Civil-Service Rule IX, relating to reinstatements. THEODORE ROOSEVELT.

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 27 words
Order Mar 26, 1904
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

Schedule A, Section VI, of the civil-service rules is hereby amended by striking out, in the first line of paragraph 10, the words "at Indian schools" and inserting in their place the words "in the Indian service." As amended, paragraph 10 will read: "10. Physicians employed by c...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 87 words
Order Mar 10, 1904
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

All officials of the Government, civil, military, and naval, are hereby directed not only to observe the President's proclamation of neutrality in the pending war between Russia and Japan, but also to abstain from either action or speech which can legitimately cause irritation to...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 2m • 351 words
Order Mar 4, 1904
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

Mr. Merrit O. Chance may be transferred from clerk to the Secretary of War to superintendent of post-office supplies in the Post-Office Department without taking a noncompetitive examination, in view of his having passed the examination for entrance to the classified service in t...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 79 words
Order Mar 1, 1904
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

All positions in the civil service of the War Department in the Philippines, except those filled by persons employed merely as skilled or unskilled laborers, and by persons appointed by the President, will be treated as classified under the civil-service rules. The present occupa...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 111 words
Order Feb 27, 1904
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

Mrs. Marie L. Baldwin, whose name appears upon the Minnesota clerk register, may be certified for appointment as clerk at $900 in the Office of Indian Affairs without regard to the provisions of Civil-Service Rule VII. THEODORE ROOSEVELT.

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 38 words
Order Feb 25, 1904
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

Mr. Francis Walker, of Massachusetts, may be appointed a special agent in the Bureau of Corporations, at $2,000 per annum, without examination under the Civil-Service rules. THEODORE ROOSEVELT.

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 28 words
Order Feb 20, 1904
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order—Pine Ridge School Reservation, South Dakota

🏛️ 10th Amend: Intergovernmental Federalism Cooperation

It is hereby ordered that the Executive order of January 25, 1904, restoring to the public domain the tract of country in the State of Nebraska which was "withdrawn from sale and set aside as an addition to the present Sioux Indian Reservation in the Territory of Dakota," by Exec...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 129 words
Order Feb 5, 1904
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

The special rule of July 3, 1902, rendering certain persons who were in the employ of the United States in the military government of Cuba eligible to retention and employment in positions in the classified service of a grade corresponding to that which they then held, is hereby ...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 51 words
Order Feb 1, 1904
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

Mrs. Kate L. Croggan may be reinstated to the position of sewer in the Government Printing Office without regard to the provision of Rule IX limiting the period of eligibility for reinstatement to one year from the date of separation. THEODORE ROOSEVELT.

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 42 words
Order Jan 25, 1904
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order—Addition to Pine Ridge Reservation

🏛️ 10th Amend: Intergovernmental Federalism Cooperation

It is hereby ordered that the tract of country in the State of Nebraska "withdrawn from sale and set aside as an addition to the present Sioux Indian Reservation in the Territory of Dakota," by Executive order dated January 24, 1882, be, and the same hereby is, restored to the pu...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 54 words
Order Jan 7, 1904
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

Mrs. G. W. Shipman may be appointed a clerk in the Office of the First Assistant Postmaster-General without examination under the Civil-Service rules. THEODORE ROOSEVELT.

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 25 words
Order Dec 28, 1903
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

Mrs. Frank L. Harrigan may be reinstated to the position of ruling machine feeder in the Government Printing Office without regard to the provisions of Rule IX limiting the period of eligibility for reinstatement to one year from the date of separation. THEODORE ROOSEVELT.

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 44 words
Order Dec 4, 1903
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

Mr. Francis L. Hawes, of New York, may be appointed a special agent in the Bureau of Corporations at $1,600 per annum, without examination under the civil-service rules. THEODORE ROOSEVELT

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 30 words
Order Nov 2, 1903
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

Mrs. Roy L. Quackenbush, who has been employed temporarily as a clerk in the Post-Office Department, may be given permanent appointment without examination. THEODORE ROOSEVELT

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 25 words
Order Oct 23, 1903
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

Mrs. Lillian B. Kellogg may be reinstated to the position of piece sewer in the Government Printing Office without regard to the provisions of Rule IX limiting the period of eligibility for reinstatement to one year from the date of separation. THEODORE ROOSEVELT

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 43 words
Order Oct 9, 1903
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

Clarence A. Cook may be appointed special agent of the Bureau of Corporations, Department of Commerce and Labor, at a salary of $2,000 per annum, without examination under the civil-service rules. THEODORE ROOSEVELT

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 33 words
Order Sep 15, 1903
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

It is hereby ordered that so much of the land of the Camp McDowell abandoned military reservation as may not have been legally settled upon nor have valid claims attaching thereto under the provisions of the act of Congress approved August 23, 1894 (28 Stat. L., 491), be, and the...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 197 words
Order Aug 20, 1903
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

Dr. William A. White may be appointed to the vacancy now existing in the position of superintendent of the Government Hospital for the Insane without examination under the civil-service rules. THEODORE ROOSEVELT

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 32 words
Order Aug 17, 1903
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

Allen Hazen, who has been employed temporarily as expert and consulting engineer in connection with the preparation of plans, estimates, and specifications for the Washington filtration plant, may be continued during the construction and initial operation of the plant, not to exc...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 46 words
Order Aug 9, 1903
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

Mrs. Julia W. Wellborn may be permanently appointed Clerk in the Geological Survey without examination under the civil service rules. THEODORE ROOSEVELT

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 22 words
Order Jul 31, 1903
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

It is hereby ordered that the following-described tracts of land be, and the same are hereby, withdrawn from sale and settlement and set apart as an addition to the Moapa River or Paiute Indian Reservation in southeastern Nevada, for the use of the Paiute Indians: Lot 4, containi...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 87 words
Order Jul 30, 1903
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

Luther M. Walter may be appointed to the position of law clerk in the Interstate Commerce Commission upon appropriate noncompetitive examination. THEODORE ROOSEVELT

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 23 words
Order Jul 29, 1903
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

Mrs. Annie M. West and Mrs. Sadie B. Yates may be reinstated to the positions of sewer and telephone operator, respectively, in the Government Printing Office, without regard to the provisions of Rule IX limiting the period of eligibility for reinstatement to one year from the da...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 51 words
Order Jul 13, 1903
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

The Secretary of the Department of Commerce and Labor forwarded to the Commission under date of June 30, 1904, the names of 10 men whom it was desired to appoint to various positions within the Department without examination under the civil-service rules. The reasons for which it...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 2m • 480 words
Order Jul 8, 1903
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

In the tests prescribed under regulations governing the employment of unskilled labor the element of age shall be omitted in the case of soldiers and sailors of the Civil War, and their relative fitness decided by their physical qualifications, moral character, industry, and adap...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 49 words
Order Jul 3, 1903
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

On September 25, 1901, Charles B. Terry, a clerk on the temporary roll of the Post-Office Department, was transferred to the position of laborer in the Washington city post-office, apparently in order to provide a place on the temporary roll for a favorite of one of his superior ...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 260 words
Order May 29, 1903
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

🏛️ 10th Amend: Intergovernmental Federalism Cooperation

In accordance with the provisions of section 2253 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, and by the authority therein given, it is hereby ordered that the land included within the following boundaries and being a portion of the district established by Executive Order of Ma...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 217 words
Order Mar 28, 1903
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

🏛️ 10th Amend: Intergovernmental Federalism Cooperation

Under authority contained in section twenty-two hundred and fifty-one of the Revised Statutes of the United States, it is hereby ordered that the office now located at Marshall, Minnesota, be removed to St. Cloud, in said State. THEODORE ROOSEVELT

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 39 words
Order Mar 27, 1903
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

🏛️ 10th Amend: Intergovernmental Federalism Cooperation

In accordance with the provisions of Sections two thousand two hundred and fifty-one and two thousand two hundred and fifty-three of the Revised Statutes of the United States, and by virtue of the authority thereby given, it is hereby ordered that the land office now situated at ...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 3m • 519 words
Order Mar 26, 1903
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

It is deemed desirable that the regulations governing appointments and employments of mere laborers and workmen in the Departments at Washington shall be extended, as rapidly as may be found practicable, to offices in the executive civil service outside of Washington. The United ...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 171 words
EO 206 Mar 9, 1903
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 206—Transfer of Revolutionary Archives

🏛️ 10th Amend: Intergovernmental Federalism Cooperation

The historical archives in the Department of State, known as the Revolutionary archives, and comprising (1) the records and papers of the Continental Congress; (2) the papers of George Washington; (3) the papers of James Madison; (4) the papers of Thomas Jefferson; (5) the papers...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 227 words
Order Dec 22, 1902
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

It is hereby ordered that all that portion of the White Mountain or San Carlos Indian Reservation in the Territory of Arizona lying within the following described boundaries be, and the same hereby is, restored to the public domain, to wit: Commencing at the southwestern corner o...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 97 words
Order Nov 26, 1902
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order—Greenville School, California

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

It is hereby ordered that the southeast quarter of section 31, township 27 north, range 10 east, Mount Diablo meridian, California, be, and the same is hereby, reserved and set apart for Indian school purposes, the same to form a part of the land of the Greenville (Cal.), Indian ...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 60 words
Order Sep 4, 1902
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

It is hereby ordered that all that portion of the public domain in the Territory of New Mexico which, when surveyed, will be embraced in the following sections, viz, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, and 33, in T. 19 N., R. 10 E., New Mexico principal meridian, be and t...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 165 words
Order Aug 9, 1902
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order—Setting Aside Certain Public Lands for Use in Connection with Experimental Tree Planting

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

It is hereby ordered that the south half of the south-east quarter and the south-west quarter of section 3, township 22 north, range 26 west, 6th principal meridian, Nebraska, be, and they are hereby, reserved and set apart for the use of the Department of Agriculture for purpose...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 56 words
Order Aug 1, 1902
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order—Affecting Rates of Pay of Certain Naval Personnel

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

From and after July 1, 1902, each enlisted man that has been rated Seaman Gunner prior to April 1, 1902, or that holds certificate of graduation from the Petty Officers' Schools, Seaman Gunner Class, shall receive $2.00 per month in addition to the pay of his rating during curren...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 54 words
Order Jul 25, 1902
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order—Mandatory Retirement Age for Officers of the Revenue Cutter Service

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

It is hereby ordered under the provisions of section 4 of the act of Congress approved April 12, 1902, "To promote the efficiency of the Revenue Cutter Service," that the Secretary of the Treasury shall "by direction of the President" when officers of the Revenue Cutter Service r...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 61 words
Order Jul 22, 1902
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order—Reserving Miraflores Island in Puerto Rico

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

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the act of Congress approved July 1, 1902, entitled "An act authorizing the President to reserve public lands and buildings in the Island of Puerto Rico for public uses, and granting other public lands and buildings to the government of ...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 103 words
Order Jul 19, 1902
Fidelity (+0.47)

Executive Order—Issuance of Passports to Residents of the Insular Possessions of the United States

🏛️ 10th Amend: Intergovernmental Federalism Cooperation

OYSTER BAY, July 19, 1902. The act of Congress approved June 14, 1902, having amended the Revised Statutes of the United States so as to permit of the issuance of passports to persons owing allegiance to the United States, whether citizens of the United States or not, and under s...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 229 words
Order Jul 10, 1902
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

No enlisted person in the Navy service of the United States shall be discharged therefrom prior to the completion of his term of enlistment, except for one of the following causes: Undesirability, inaptitude, physical or mental disability, or unfitness. In every case, the recomme...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 85 words
Order Jul 3, 1902
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

In the exercise of power vested in the President by the Constitution and of the authority given to him by the seventeen hundred and fifty-third section of the Revised Statutes, it is hereby ordered that appointments of all unclassified laborers in and under the several Executive ...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 95 words
Order Jun 13, 1902
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

🏛️ 10th Amend: Intergovernmental Federalism Cooperation

In accordance with the provisions of section 2253 Revised Statutes of the United States, and by virtue of the authority thereby given, it is hereby ordered that the existing boundaries of the Wakeeney land district and of the Colby land district, in the State of Kansas, be, and t...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 86 words
Order Jun 13, 1902
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

It is hereby ordered that the south-west quarter section thirty-four, township twenty-three north, range one east, Willamette Meridian, Washington, be and it is hereby reserved and set apart for the use of the Navy Department for the purpose of a target range. THEODORE ROOSEVELT

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 44 words
Order May 12, 1902
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

It is hereby ordered that upon Wednesday, the 21st instant, such employees of the Executive Departments, the Government Printing Office, and the Navy Yard and Station at Washington, D.C., as served in the military or naval service of the United States in the Spanish-American War,...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 95 words
Order May 12, 1902
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

It is hereby ordered that such employees of the Executive Departments, the Government Printing Office, and the Navy Yard and Station at Washington, D.C., as served in the Military or Navy service of the United States in the late Civil War shall be excused from duty on Saturday, t...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 71 words
Order Apr 30, 1902
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

It is hereby ordered that the north-west quarter of the north-west quarter and lot 4 of section 32, township one south, range 18 west, San Bernardino base and meridian, California, be and they are hereby reserved for light-house purposes, subject to any legal existing rights. THE...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 47 words
Order Apr 29, 1902
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

It is hereby ordered that the building known as the "Residence" and the tract of land bounded on the north, east, and south by the rights of way grant to the Yuma Pumping Irrigation Company by the act of Congress approved January 20, 1893 (27 Stat., 420), and on the west by the e...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 109 words
Order Apr 29, 1902
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

To the heads of the Executive Departments: As a mark of respect to the memory of J. Sterling Morton, formerly Secretary of Agriculture, the President directs that the National flag be displayed at half-mast upon the White House and other federal buildings in the city of Washingto...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 64 words
Order Mar 27, 1902
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

🏛️ Art. II §2: Diplomatic & Foreign Policy Prerogative

To the heads of the Executive Departments: As a mark of respect to the memory of the Right Honorable Lord Pauncefote, of Preston, Late Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Great Britain to the United States, the President directs that the National flag be displayed at ...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 76 words
Order Mar 26, 1902
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

It is hereby ordered that the building known as the "office" and a tract of land 200 feet square, the center of which shall be identical with that of the building, and the sides of which shall be parallel with those of the building in the limits of the Fort Yuma Abandoned Militar...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 73 words
Order Mar 24, 1902
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

🏛️ 10th Amend: Intergovernmental Federalism Cooperation

Paragraph 451 of the Consular Regulations of 1896 is hereby amended by the addition of the following: No consular officer shall accept an appointment to office from any foreign state as administrator, guardian or any other fiduciary capacity for the settlement or conservation of ...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 75 words
Order Feb 15, 1902
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

In accordance with the provisions of Section 2212 of the Revised Statutes and by virtue of the authority thereby given, it is hereby ordered that the office of Surveyor-General in the surveying district of the Territory of Arizona, be and it is hereby located at Phoenix, Arizona,...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 77 words
Order Feb 5, 1902
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

As it is desirable in view of the expected visit of his Royal Highness, Prince Henry of Prussia, to the United States that suitable arrangements should be made for his reception and entertainment during his sojourn in the United States, I hereby designate the following named pers...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 184 words
Order Jan 31, 1902
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

All officers and employees of the United States of every description serving in or under any of the Executive Departments and whether so serving in or out of Washington are hereby forbidden either direct or indirect, individually or through associations, to solicit an increase of...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 94 words
Order Jan 17, 1902
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

The attention of the Departments is hereby called to the provisions of the laws giving preference to veterans in appointment and retention. The President desires that wherever the needs of the service will justify it and the law will permit preference shall be given alike in appo...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 78 words
Order Dec 19, 1901
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

Such public lands as may exist on Culebra Island between the parallels of 18°15' and 18°23' north latitude, and between the meridians of 65° 10' and 65° 25' west longitude, are hereby placed under the jurisdiction of the Navy Department. THEODORE ROOSEVELT

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 42 words
Order Dec 9, 1901
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

From and after January 1, 1902, the classification and monthly pay of Mess Attendants in the United States Navy shall be as follows: Mess Attendants, 1st class--------------------------------------------------- $24 Mess Attendants, 2d class----------------------------------------...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 40 words
Order Dec 3, 1901
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

From and after January 1, 1902, each enlisted man of the Navy who holds a certificate as a credit from the Petty Officers' School of Instruction, Navy Training Station, Newport, R. I. shall receive two dollars per month in addition to the pay of his rating. THEODORE ROOSEVELT

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 48 words
Order Nov 26, 1901
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

From and after January 1, 1901, all enlisted men of the Navy will be allowed seventy-five cents per month in addition to the pay of their ratings for each good conduct medal, pin, or bar, issued for service, terminating after December 31, 1901. THEODORE ROOSEVELT

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 45 words
Order Nov 15, 1901
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

It is hereby ordered that San Nicolas Island, California, be and it is hereby reserved for lighthouse purposes. THEODORE ROOSEVELT

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 20 words
Order Nov 14, 1901
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

It is hereby ordered that the following described tract of country in Arizona, viz., commencing at a point where the south line of the Navaho Indian Reservation (addition of January 8, 1900) intersects the Little Colorado River; thence due south to the fifth standard parallel nor...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 153 words
Order Nov 11, 1901
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

It is hereby ordered that the south-west quarter, section twenty-nine, and the south-east quarter, section thirty, township one south, range eighteen west, San Bernardino base and meridian, California, be and they are hereby reserved for lighthouse purposes, subject to any legal ...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 45 words
Order Nov 9, 1901
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

It is hereby ordered that all tracts and parcels of land belonging to the United States situate in the provinces of Zambales and Bataan, in the Island of Luzon, Philippine Islands to the southward and westward of a line beginning at the mouth of the Rio Pamatuan, near Capones Isl...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 165 words
Order Oct 30, 1901
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

It is hereby ordered that Harbor Island, and three islets south-east thereof in Sitka Harbor, District of Alaska, be and they are hereby reserved for the use of the Revenue Cutter Service subject to any legal existing rights. THEODORE ROOSEVELT

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 40 words
Order Oct 15, 1901
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

On and after January 1, 1902, the following ratings and pay per month are established for the petty officers and other enlisted men of the Commissary Branch of the United States Navy: RATING ------------------------------------------------------MONTHLY PAY Chief Commissary Stewar...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 106 words
Order Oct 1, 1901
Fidelity (+0.23)

Executive Order

🏛️ Art. II §2: Diplomatic & Foreign Policy Prerogative

TO ALL WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, GREETING: Know ye that reposing special trust and confidence in the integrity, prudence, and ability of Thaddeus S. Sharretts, United States General Appraiser, I have invested him with full and all manner of authority for and in the name of ...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 211 words
Order Sep 23, 1901
Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order

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

In accordance with the provisions of the act of Congress approved June 4, 1897 (30 Stat., 34-36), and by virtue of the authority thereby given, and on the recommendation of the Secretary of the Interior, it is hereby ordered that sections 23, 24 of township seven south, range 93 ...

Theodore Roosevelt
⏱ 1m • 101 words