27th President

Republican Terms: 1909-1913

William Howard Taft

Orders Tracked

Avg Words / Order

183

Avg Read Time

~1 min

Avg Sentiment

+0.03

⚖️

Youngstown Separation of Powers

1952 Standard

Distribution of orders across Justice Jackson's constitutional tiers:

28.0%

Zone 1 (21)

Statutory Authorization

72.0%

Zone 2 (54)

Zone of Twilight

0.0%

Zone 3 (0)

Lowest Ebb / Friction

Washington Rate Multiplier: 18.8× Washington Baseline

⚖️ Constitutional Alignment & Sentiment

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

75 Scored

1 (1%)

Constitutional Fidelity

Art. II §3 faithful statutory execution & civil liberty protection

74 (99%)

Constitutional Neutral

Routine departmental administration, civil service, executive seals

0 (0%)

Friction & Overreach

Art. I purse/commerce tension, 10th Amend federalism, property takings

Executive Orders Issued (75)showing the 30 most recent

EO 1700 Feb 10, 1913

⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 1700—Reserving Lands in New Mexico for Use of the Navajo Indians

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

The SE. 1/4 of Section 18, Township 18 North of Range 10 West, of the New Mexico Principal Meridian be, and the same hereby is, withdrawn from all forms of settlement and entry and set apart as a reservation for use of the Navajo Indians in common: Provided that the withdrawal…

William Howard Taft

High School • 1m

EO 1699 Feb 10, 1913

⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 1699—Reserving Lands in Arizona for Use of the Navajo Indians

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

The Lots 1 (39.48 acres) and 2 (39.48 acres) and the S. 1/2 of the NE. 1/4 of Section 2, Township 21 North, Range 28 East of the Gila and Salt River Meridian in Arizona, be, and they are hereby, withdrawn from settlement, entry, sale, or other disposition and set aside for use…

William Howard Taft

Grade 8 • 1m

EO 1682 Jan 14, 1913

🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 1682—Setting Aside Lands in Montana for Administrative Purposes in Connection with Flathead Indians

📜 10th Amend: Intergovernmental Federalism Cooperation

The SE. 1/4 of the SW. 1/4 of Section 9, Township 18 North, Range 21 West, Montana Meridian, containing 40 acres, be, and the same is hereby withdrawn from entry and set apart for administrative purposes in connection with the affairs of the Flathead Indians in the State of…

William Howard Taft

High School • 1m

EO 1681 Jan 14, 1913

⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 1681—Reserving Lands in Nevada for Use of the Paiute and Shoshoni Indians

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

The following described lands in Nevada, be, and they are hereby, withdrawn from entry, sale or other disposition, and set aside for Paiute and Shoshoni Indians, and such other Indians as the Secretary of the Interior may settle thereon, namely: Township 42 N., R. 26 E.…

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Grade 5 • 1m

EO 1655 Dec 5, 1912

🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 1655—Altering Lands Composing Reservation of Papago Indians

📜 10th Amend: Intergovernmental Federalism Cooperation

The lands in Ts. 17 S., Rs. 4 and 5 E., and T. 21 S., R. 6 E., Gila and Salt River Meridian, in the State of Arizona, reserved for use of the Papago Indians by Executive Order No. 1374, dated June 16, 1911 are hereby restored to the public domain, and in lieu thereof the…

William Howard Taft

Grade 6 • 2m

EO 1649 Nov 26, 1912

⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 1649—Altering Lands Composing the Moapa River Indian Reservation

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

The following described lands, containing 128.37 acres, be, and they are hereby, reserved from settlement, sale, or other disposition, and set aside as an addition to the said Indian reservation: Lots 2, 3, and 4, of Section 1, Township 15, Range 65; SE. 1/4 of the SW. 1/4 of…

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EO 1632 Oct 28, 1912

⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 1632—Addition of Lands to the Moapa River Indian Reservation

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

The following described tracts of land, aggregating 89.70 acres, namely, the Lots 3 and 4 and the NE. 1/4 of the NW. 1/4 of Section 1, Township 15 South of Range 65 East of the Mount Diablo Meridian in Nevada, be, and the same are hereby, reserved from settlement, entry, sale…

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EO 1621 Oct 8, 1912

⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 1621—Altering Lands Composing Reservation of Papago Indians

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

Executive Order No. 1538, dated May 28, 1912, be, and the same hereby is, amended so as to eliminate therefrom the S. 1/2 of Section 13, Township 4 South of Range 2 East of the Gila and Salt River Meridian in Arizona.

William Howard Taft

Grade 8 • 1m

EO 1606 Sep 16, 1912

🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 1606—Reserving Land in Nevada for Indian Allotment Purposes

📜 10th Amend: Intergovernmental Federalism Cooperation

The S. 1/2 of the SE. 1/4 and the NE. 1/4 of the SW. 1/4 of Section 25, Township 30 North of Range 58 East of the Mount Diablo Meridian, in the State of Nevada, be, and they are hereby, reserved from settlement, entry, sale or other disposition, and set aside for Indian…

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Grade 7 • 1m

EO 1603 Sep 7, 1912

⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 1603—Reserving Lands in California Pending Investigation as to Suitableness for Paiute or Other Indian Use

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

The SE. 1/4 of the SW. 1/4 and the SW. 1/ 4and the SW. 1/4 of the SE. 1/4 of Section 29 and the W. 1/2 of the NE. 1/4 of Section 32, Township 10 South, Range 34 East, Mount Diablo Meridian in California, be, and the same are hereby, temporarily reserved from settlement, entry…

William Howard Taft

Grade 8 • 1m

EO 1598 Sep 2, 1912

⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 1598—Eliminating Certain Lands from Reservation of Papago Indians

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

Executive Order No. 1538, dated May 28, 1912, be, and the same hereby is, amended so as to eliminate therefrom the following described lands now reserved for the Maricopa band or village of Papago Indians, to-wit: Township 4, Range 2, S. 1/2 of section 15; Township 4, Range 3…

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Grade 4 • 1m

EO 1579 Aug 19, 1912

⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 1579—Transferring Certain Lands from Fort Duschesne Military Reservation to Interior Department

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

With the exception of the lands hereinafter described as to be retained for military purposes, all the lands comprised within the military reservation of Fort Duchesne, Utah, as reserved by Executive Order dated September 1, 1887 (G.O. 59, A.G.O., September 3, 1887), from lands…

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Post-Graduate Legal • 1m

EO 1558 Jul 6, 1912

⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 1558—Reserving Land in South Dakota for Indian School and Administrative Purposes

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

The following described tracts in Tripp County, South Dakota, namely: Lot 5, containing 14.82 acres, and Lot 6, containing 17.58 acres, in Section 23, Township 103 N., R. 75 W., 5th principal meridian in South Dakota, be, and they are hereby, reserved from settlement, entry…

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EO 1529 May 9, 1912

🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 1529—Reserving Lands in California Pending Investigation as to Suitableness for Paiute or Other Indian Use

📜 10th Amend: Intergovernmental Federalism Cooperation

The following described lands in the State of California, be and they are hereby, temporarily reserved from settlement, entry, sale, or other disposition until their suitableness for allotment purposes to homeless Paiute or other Indians living on or adjacent thereto may be…

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Grade 3 • 2m

EO 1522 Apr 24, 1912

🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 1522—Reserving for Indian Purposes Certain Lands in the State of California

📜 10th Amend: Intergovernmental Federalism Cooperation

The north half of the northeast quarter of section 29, township 8 south, range 21 east of the Mount Diablo meridian, be, and the same is hereby, withdrawn from settlement, entry, sale, or other disposition, for Indian use, subject to any valid existing rights of any person…

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EO 1518 Apr 13, 1912

⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 1518—Withdrawing Lands from Flathead or Jocko Reservation for Examination and Classification

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

That the NE. 1/4 of the SW. 1/4 of sec. 31, T. 19 N., R. 23 W., Montana principal meridian, in the Flathead Indian Reservation, Mont., be, and the same is hereby, withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, and entry, and reserved for examination and classification, subject to…

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Grade 8 • 1m

EO 1517 Apr 13, 1912

🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 1517—Reserving for Indian Purposes Certain Lands in the State of California

📜 10th Amend: Intergovernmental Federalism Cooperation

The lot 2, containing 33.40 acres, of sec. 5, T. 1 N., R. 16 E., and the lot 7, containing 0.18 of an acre, of sec. 32, T. 2 N., R. 16 E., of the Mount Diablo meridian, in California, be, and the same are hereby, reserved from settlement, entry, sale, or other disposition, and…

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Grade 7 • 1m

EO 1496 Mar 11, 1912

🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 1496—Reserving for Indian Purposes Certain Lands in the State of California

📜 10th Amend: Intergovernmental Federalism Cooperation

The following-described lands in the State of California be, and they are hereby, reserved from settlement, entry, sale, or other disposal, and set aside for allotment purposes to the Indians located thereon, and for such other uses as may be lawful for the benefit of the…

William Howard Taft

Grade 3 • 2m

EO 1495 Mar 11, 1912

⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 1495—Reserving Hunter's Rock or Prince Island in Pacific Ocean for Use of Smith River Indians

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

The unsurveyed island in the Pacific Ocean about three-quarters of a mile north of the mouth of Smith River, in California, in section 17, township 18 north, range 1 west of the Humboldt base and meridian, designated on the official plats of survey as Hunters Rock, and on the…

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Post-Graduate Legal • 1m

EO 1485 Feb 20, 1912

🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 1485—Restoring to Public Domain Lands in California Which Were Reserved for Indian Purposes

📜 10th Amend: Intergovernmental Federalism Cooperation

Executive orders of August 25, 1877, March 9, 1881, and December 29, 1891, reserving certain described lands in the State of California for Indian purposes be, and the same are hereby, modified and amended in so far as to restore to the public domain for the purpose of…

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Post-Graduate Legal • 1m

EO 1483 Feb 17, 1912

⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 1483—Restoring Lands to the Navajo Indians

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

The following-described lands in New Mexico, being a part of the lands heretofore set aside as an executive reservation for the Navajo Indians and eliminated from said reservation by Executive order of January 16, 1911, be, and the same are hereby, restored to the status…

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EO 1482 Feb 17, 1912

⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 1482—Restoring Lands to Zuni and Navajo Indian Reservations

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

On and after March 1, 1912, the boundaries of the Zuni National Forest, Arizona and New Mexico, as proclaimed March 2, 1909, and modified by subsequent proclamation of July 1, 1910, be further modified by excluding therefrom those parts of the Zuni and of the Navajo Indian…

William Howard Taft

Post-Graduate Legal • 1m

EO 1481 Feb 17, 1912

⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 1481—Restoring Lands to Mescalero Apache Indian Reservation

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

On and after March 1, 1912, the boundaries of the Alamo National Forest, N. Mex., as proclaimed March 2, 1909, and modified by subsequent proclamation of October 20, 1910, be further modified by excluding therefrom all of that part of the Mescalero Apache Indian Reservation…

William Howard Taft

Post-Graduate Legal • 1m

EO 1480 Feb 17, 1912

⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 1480—Restoring Lands to Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation

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

On and after March 1, 1912, the boundaries of the Trinity National Forest, Cal., as proclaimed March 2, 1909, and modified by subsequent proclamation of December 16, 1910, be further modified by excluding therefrom all that part of the Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation included…

William Howard Taft

Post-Graduate Legal • 1m

EO 1479 Feb 17, 1912

⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 1479—Restoring Lands to White Mountain Indian Reservation

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

On and after March 1, 1912, the boundaries of the Sitgreaves National Forest, Ariz., proclaimed March 2, 1909, and modified by subsequent proclamation of August 24, 1910, be further modified by excluding therefrom all that part of the White Mountain Apache Indian Reservation…

William Howard Taft

Post-Graduate Legal • 1m

EO 1478 Feb 17, 1912

⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 1478—Restoring Lands to Tule River Indian Reservation

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

On and after March 1, 1912, the boundaries of the Sequoia National Forest, California, as proclaimed March 2, 1909, and modified by subsequent proclamation of July 1, 1910, be further modified by excluding therefrom all that part of the Tule River Indian Reservation included in…

William Howard Taft

Post-Graduate Legal • 1m

EO 1477 Feb 17, 1912

⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 1477—Restoring Lands to White Mountain Indian Reservation

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

On and after March 1, 1912, the boundaries of the Crook National Forest, Ariz., as proclaimed September 26, 1910, be modified by excluding therefrom that part of the White Mountain Apache Indian Reservation included in the Apache National Forest by proclamation of March 2…

William Howard Taft

Post-Graduate Legal • 1m

EO 1476 Feb 17, 1912

⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 1476—Restoring Lands to Jicarilla Apache Indian Reservation

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

On and after March 1, 1912, the boundaries of the Carson National Forest, N. Mex., as proclaimed March 2, 1909, and modified by subsequent proclamation of August 24, 1910, be further modified by excluding therefrom all that part of the Jicarilla Apache Indian Reservation…

William Howard Taft

Post-Graduate Legal • 1m

EO 1475 Feb 17, 1912

⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 1475—Restoring Lands to White Mountain and San Carlos Reservation

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

On and after March 1, 1912, the boundaries of the Apache National Forest, Ariz., as proclaimed March 2, 1909, and modified by subsequent proclamation of September 26, 1910, be further modified by excluding therefrom all that part of the White Mountain Apache Indian Reservation…

William Howard Taft

Post-Graduate Legal • 1m

EO 1465 Jan 17, 1912

🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 1465—Reserving Land in Utah for School, Agency, and Other Uses for Benefit of Indians

📜 10th Amend: Intergovernmental Federalism Cooperation

The SW. 1/4 of the NE. 1/4 and the NW. 1/ 4 of the SE. 1/4 of sec. 11, T. 5 S., R. 8 W., Salt Lake meridian, in the county of Tooele, State of Utah, be, and the same hereby are, reserved from settlement, entry, sale, or other disposal and set aside for school, agency, and other…

William Howard Taft

Grade 8 • 1m

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