Perhaps unsurprisingly, executive orders peaked during Franklin D. Roosevelt’s unprecedented 12 years in office. Roosevelt issued 3,721 orders to tackle the Great Depression, implement New Deal ...

President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the most executive orders beginning in 1937. During his second and third terms, Roosevelt signed 2,023 executive orders.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 19, 1942, during World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which paved the way for the relocation and internment of people ...

• President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed nine executive orders during his first 100 days. The curious thing about this is that Roosevelt is listed as signing only nine executive orders.

On Feb. 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which cleared the way for the forced relocation of Japanese Americans.

On this day in 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an executive order creating the Works Progress Administration. The agency was responsible for one of the many relief programs set up ...

Biden signed three executive orders on immigration Tuesday, setting himself up to close in on a record set by Franklin Roosevelt in 1933. Accessibility links. Skip to main content; ...

It has been three-quarters of a century since President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. The order, issued just over two months after Japan's surprise attack at Pearl Harbor ...

The Federal Register tracks all executive orders signed by presidents beginning in 1937. The data does not include former President Franklin D. Roosevelt's first-term executive orders.

The Federal Register tracks all executive orders signed by presidents beginning in 1937. The data does not include former President Franklin D. Roosevelt's first-term executive orders.