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Executive Orders Historical Archive
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Official portrait of Woodrow Wilson
28th President
Democrat Terms: 1913-1921

Woodrow Wilson

Orders Tracked
150
Avg Words / Order
370
Avg Read Time
~2 min
Avg Sentiment
+0.02
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Youngstown Separation of Powers

1952 Standard

Distribution of orders across Justice Jackson's constitutional tiers:

23.3%
Zone 1 (35)
Statutory Authorization
72.7%
Zone 2 (109)
Zone of Twilight
4.0%
Zone 3 (6)
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

150 Scored
6 (4%)
Constitutional Fidelity
Art. II §3 faithful statutory execution & civil liberty protection
138 (92%)
Constitutional Neutral
Routine departmental administration, civil service, executive seals
6 (4%)
Friction & Overreach
Art. I purse/commerce tension, 10th Amend federalism, property takings

Executive Orders Issued (150)showing the 30 most recent

EO 3374 Dec 22, 1920
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 3374—Confirming Powers of Federal Trade Commission Over Coal Cost Information

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

I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me as Chief Executive, and by virtue of the powers conferred on me by the aforementioned Act of Congress, do declare that the authorization granted to the United States Fuel…

Woodrow Wilson
Post-Graduate Legal • 3m
EO 3367 Dec 10, 1920
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 3367—Punishments for Soldiers

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

The White House, December 10, 1920. Under authority of Article of War No. 45, as amended by an Act of Congress approved June 4, 1920, the following maximum limits of punishments of soldiers are prescribed: Article I. Article II. Equivalents.

Woodrow Wilson
Post-Graduate Legal • 7m
EO 3365 Dec 7, 1920
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 3365—Indians on Public Domain

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

Under authority found in the act of June twenty-first, nineteen hundred and six (Thirty-fourth Statutes at Large, pages three hundred and twenty-five and three hundred and twenty-six), that the trust or other period of restriction against alienation contained in any patent…

Woodrow Wilson
Post-Graduate Legal • 1m
EO 3363 Dec 1, 1920
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 3363—Ponca Indians in Oklahoma

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

Under authority found in the act of June 21, 1906 (34 Statutes at Large, pages 325 and 326), that the trust period on the allotments of the Ponca Indians in Oklahoma, which trust period was extended for one year by Executive order of September 19, 1920, be, and is hereby…

Woodrow Wilson
Post-Graduate Legal • 1m
EO 3360 Nov 28, 1920
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 3360—Official Flag for Secretary of State

📜 10th Amend: Intergovernmental Federalism Cooperation

The White House, November 28, 1920. Whereas it frequently devolves upon the Secretary of State in virtue of the statutory authority conferred upon him to perform public acts of foreign intercourse under direction of the President; And whereas it is proper that in the…

Woodrow Wilson
Post-Graduate Legal • 1m
EO 3338 Oct 8, 1920
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 3338—Competitive Examinations for Postmasterships

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

The White House, October 8, 1920. The Executive Order of March 31, 1917, relating to post offices of the first, second, and third classes, is hereby amended to read as follows: "Hereafter when a vacancy occurs in the position of postmaster of any office of the first, second, or…

Woodrow Wilson
Post-Graduate Legal • 1m
EO 3336 Oct 8, 1920
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 3336—Ordering Flags at Half-Mast in Memory of American Dead in World War

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

The White House, October 8, 1920. I hereby direct that on Sunday, November 14, 1920, the flag of the United States be displayed at half-mast at all military posts, naval stations, on vessels, and on buildings of the United States, as a token of the Nation's participation in the…

Woodrow Wilson
Post-Graduate Legal • 1m
EO 3332 Oct 2, 1920
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 3332—Retention of Hoboken Piers

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

Determine that it is necessary that the War Department retain of such property piers 1, 4, 5, 6 and n, together with the bulkhead opposite the slip between piers 3 and 4, and opposite piers 1, 4, 5 and 6; also the second floor of the bulkhead opposite the slip between piers 3…

Woodrow Wilson
Post-Graduate Legal • 3m
EO 3320 Aug 21, 1920
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Fidelity (+0.33)

Executive Order 3320—Liquidation of United States Grain Corporation

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

I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States of America, pursuant to the Act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide further for the National Security and Defence [sic] by encouraging the production, conserving the supply and controlling the distribution of food products…

Woodrow Wilson
Post-Graduate Legal • 7m
EO 3313 Jul 21, 1920
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 3313—Wages of Seamen

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

The White House, July 21, 1920 Paragraphs 230, 236, and 237 of the Consular Regulations are hereby amended to read as follows: 230. Payment of Wages at Ports.

Woodrow Wilson
Post-Graduate Legal • 3m
EO 3294 Jun 27, 1920
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 3294—Authorizing the Departure of Hostile and Enemy Aliens Without Permits

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

The White House, June 27, 1920. By virtue of the authority vested in me by "An Act to Prevent in Time of War Departure From and Entry Into the United States Contrary to the Public Safety," approved May 22, 1918, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States of America…

Woodrow Wilson
Post-Graduate Legal • 1m
EO 3292 Jun 26, 1920
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 3292—Reduction of Capital Stock of United States Grain Corporation

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

The White House, June 26, 1920. I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States of America, pursuant to an Act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide further for the National Security and Defense by encouraging the production, conserving the supply and controlling the…

Woodrow Wilson
Post-Graduate Legal • 2m
EO 3235 Feb 28, 1920
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 3235—Continuing Control of Director General of Railroads Over Coal Distribution, etc.

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

The Director General of Railroads and his representatives shall continue after 12:01 o'clock, A. M., on the first day of March, 1920, to have and exercise the powers described in the aforesaid orders of October 31, 1919, and December 8, 1919. WOODROW WILSON

Woodrow Wilson
Post-Graduate Legal • 1m
EO 3231 Feb 20, 1920
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 3231—Authorizing the Departure of Alien Enemies for European Ports

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

The White House, February 20, 1920. By virtue of the authority vested in me by "An Act to Prevent in Time of War Departure From and Entry Into the United States Contrary to the Public Safety," approved May 22, 1918,1, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States of America…

Woodrow Wilson
Post-Graduate Legal • 1m
EO 3206 Dec 30, 1919
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 3206—Constituting Board of Surveys and Maps

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

The White House, December 30, 1919. In order to coordinate the activities of the various map-making agencies of the executive departments of the Government, to standardize results, and to avoid unnecessary duplication of work, I hereby constitute a Board of Surveys and Maps, to…

Woodrow Wilson
High School • 2m
EO 3204 Dec 23, 1919
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 3204—Indians on Public Domain

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

Under authority found in the act of June twenty-first, nineteen hundred and six (Thirty-fourth Statutes at Large, pages three hundred and twenty-five and three hundred and twenty-six), that the trust or other period of restriction against alienation contained in any patent…

Woodrow Wilson
Post-Graduate Legal • 1m
EO 3182 Nov 25, 1919
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 3182—Conditions of Employment for the Permanent Force for the Panama Canal

📜 5th Amend: Regulatory Execution with Due Process

The White House, November 25, 1919. By virtue of the authority vested in me by law, Section 3 of an Executive Order providing conditions of employment for the permanent force of the Panama Canal, issued February 2, 1914, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: 3.

Woodrow Wilson
Post-Graduate Legal • 1m
EO 3176 Nov 24, 1919
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 3176—Taking Possession and Title of German Vessels

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

The possession and title of the United States in all such vessels is taken over in accordance with Joint Resolution adopted by Congress and approved by the President May 12, 1917. WOODROW WILSON.

Woodrow Wilson
Post-Graduate Legal • 2m
EO 3024 Jan 11, 1919
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 3024—Indians on Public Domain

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

Under authority found in the act of June twenty-first, nineteen hundred and six (thirty-fourth Statutes at Large, pages three hundred and twenty-five and three hundred and twenty-six), that the trust or other period of restriction against alienation contained in any patent…

Woodrow Wilson
High School • 1m
EO 2868 May 28, 1918
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 2868—Establishment of War Industries Board

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

May 28, 1918. I hereby establish the War Industries Board as a separate administrative agency to act for me and under my direction. This is the Board which was originally formed by, and subsidiary to, the Council of National Defense under the provisions of "An Act Making…

Woodrow Wilson
High School • 1m
EO 2859 May 11, 1918
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 2859—National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences

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

The functions of the Council shall be as follows: (a) In general, to stimulate research in the mathematical, physical, and biological sciences, and in the application of these sciences to engineering, agriculture, medicine, and other useful arts, with the object of increasing…

Woodrow Wilson
Post-Graduate Legal • 3m
EO 2796 Jan 26, 1918
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 2796—Prescribing Rules and Regulations Under Section 5 of the Trading with the Enemy Act and Supplementing Rules and Regulations Heretofore Prescribed Under Title 7 of the Espionage Act

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

Upon the recommendation of the Secretary of the Treasury, and in order to vest all necessary authority in the Federal Reserve Board to act as the agency of the Secretary of the Treasury, in the performance of the duties hereby imposed upon it, I hereby prescribe the following…

Woodrow Wilson
Post-Graduate Legal • 21m
EO 2789 Jan 19, 1918
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 2789—Military Reservation for the National Guard

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

The following-described lands in the State of Arizona be, and they are hereby, reserved from all forms of disposal and set aside temporarily until allotments in severalty can be made to the Navajo Indians living thereon, or until some other provision can be made for their…

Woodrow Wilson
College Level • 1m
EO 2778 Dec 31, 1917
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 2778—Relating to Indians on Public Domain

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

Under authority found in the act of June twenty-first, nineteen hundred and six (Thirty-fourth Statutes at Large, pages three hundred and twenty-five and three hundred and twenty-six), that the trust or other period of restriction against alienation contained in any patent…

Woodrow Wilson
Grade 6 • 2m
EO 2777 Dec 26, 1917
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 2777—Rules for the Government of the Virgin Islands

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

Prescribe the following rules: "Repeals, Alterations and Amendments of local laws of Virgin Islands of United States by Colonial Council having jurisdiction, shall be effective and enforced when, and to the extent, said Repeals, Alterations and Amendments are approved by the…

Woodrow Wilson
Post-Graduate Legal • 3m
EO 2774 Dec 17, 1917
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 2774A—Division Created Under the Public Information Committee

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

I hereby create, under the jurisdiction of the Committee on Public Information, heretofore established by Executive Order of April 14th, 1917, a Division of Foreign Picture Service for the purpose of stimulating interest in the war and furnishing entertainment and instruction…

Woodrow Wilson
Post-Graduate Legal • 1m
EO 2770 Dec 7, 1917
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 2770—Vesting Power and Authority in Designated Officers and Making Rules and Regulations Under the Trading with the Enemy Act and Title VII of the Act Approved June 15, 1917

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

I hereby make the following orders, rules and regulations: I. I hereby prohibit any and all foreign insurance companies from doing business within the United States after February 1, 1918, unless such companies shall first obtain from the Secretary of the Treasury licenses to…

Woodrow Wilson
Post-Graduate Legal • 1m
EO 2765 Nov 27, 1917
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 2765—Determination of a Just, Fair, and Reasonable Profit Under Section 5 of the Food Control Act

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

I hereby authorize and direct the United States Food Administrator, in prescribing regulations for licensees under section 5 of the act of Congress approved August 10, 1917, entitled "An act to provide further for the national security and defense by encouraging the production…

Woodrow Wilson
Post-Graduate Legal • 1m
EO 2748 Nov 2, 1917
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 2748—German Boats

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

Whereas the following joint resolution adopted by Congress was approved by the President May 12, 1917: Joint Resolution Authorizing the President to take over for the United States the possession and title of any vessel within its jurisdiction, which at the time of coming…

Woodrow Wilson
Post-Graduate Legal • 3m
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