Modern presidents have issued an average of 30 to 40 executive orders per year. Most of FDR's orders were measures aimed at responding to the Great Depression or initiating wartime policy.

In comparison, President Joe Biden signed 162 executive orders during his entire 4-year term. Former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush, who each served two consecutive terms, signed 277 ...

Theodore Roosevelt was the first president to issue over 1,000 executive orders, with 1,081. Generally, the presidents who have faced the most intense crises have issued the most executive orders.

Here's what to know about executive orders, their limitations, which president signed the most and how recent commanders in chief rank in comparison. Skip to content. Main Navigation.

Notably, FDR’s 99 executive orders in his first 100 days was matched by an equally prolific Congress, which enacted 80 laws over the same period. Tense politics then did not stand in the way of ...

Over 90 days, Trump has averaged 1.43 executive orders per day. The most recent order of Trump's that was published was Executive Order 14275, which seeks to restore common sense to federal ...

President Trump has since taking office leaned heavily on executive actions, the impacts of which are likely to be felt for years to come and will be harder to reverse for future administrations ...

In a 51-page opinion issued Friday, U.S. District Judge John Bates in Washington, D.C., wrote that the executive order targeting Jenner was an “unconstitutional abuse of power against Jenner’s ...

During his first full week in office, President Joe Biden signed a flurry of executive orders, memorandums and proclamations aimed at addressing the most urgent priorities of his administration ...