<p style="text-align: justify;">This past year we have received several emails (many of them erroneous) concerning which President issued the most Executive Orders. Below is a list of U.S. Presidents, from Hoover to present, and the number of Executive Orders issued by each. Although most "EO's" are benign, with respect to the rights of U.S. citizens, <a href="index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=693:weekly-enewsletter-an-executive-order-you-should-know-about&amp;catid=78:sounding-the-alarm&amp;Itemid=53" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff;">some may not be</span></a><span style="color: #0000ff;">.<strong> </strong></span></p>
<p><img src="images/stories/EOs.jpg" border="0" alt="Executive Orders of U.S. Presidents" /></p>
<h2>RECENT PRESIDENTS AND THE VERY FIRST EXECUTIVE ORDERS THEY ISSUED</h2>
<p><strong>Ronald Reagan's 1st Executive Order:  </strong><a href="http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/codification/executive-order/12287.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>EO 12287</strong></span></a><strong> -- Decontrol of crude oil and refined petroleum products (January 28, 1981 -- 6th day in office)</strong></p>
<p><strong>George H.W. Bush's 1st Executive Order:  </strong><a href="http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/1989-bush.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>EO 12668</strong></span></a><strong> -- President's Commission on Federal Ethics Law Reform (January 25, 1989 -- 4th day in office)</strong></p>
<p><strong>William Jefferson Clinton's 1st Executive Order:  </strong><a href="http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/codification/executive-order/12268.html" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">EO 12834</span> </strong></a><strong>-- Ethics Commitments by Executive Branch Appointees  (January 20, 1990 -- Inauguration Day)</strong></p>
<p><strong>George W. Bush's 1st Executive Order:  </strong><a href="http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2001-01-31/pdf/01-2851.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>EO 13198</strong></span></a><strong> -- Established agency responsibilities with respect to faith-based and community initiatives (January 29, 2001  --8th day in office)</strong></p>
<p><strong>Barack Hussein Obama's 1st Executive Order:   </strong><a href="http://www.archives.gov/about/laws/appendix/13489.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>EO 13489</strong></span></a><strong> -- Establishes procedure for access to Presidential Records  (January 21, 2009 -- 1st day in office)</strong></p>
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<p>SOURCES:</p>
<a href="http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/disposition.html"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/disposition.html</span></span></a></strong></p>
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<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_federal_executive_orders"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_federal_executive_orders</span></span></a></p>