Executive orders
Signature of Ulysses Grant
Administration of Ulysses S. Grant (March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1877)
  • At least 15 executive orders issued [1]
  • Range: Executive Order 8 thru Executive Order 20



1872 edit

     8Apr 16Approving and Publishing the Civil Service Rules Promulgated by the President on December 19, 1871

1873 edit

     9Jan 17Prohibiting Persons Holding Federal Civil Office from Holding any Office under any State or Territorial Government
     9-2Jan 28Clarifying Executive Order of January 17, 1873
     8-1Mar 14Further Amendment of the Civil Service Rules Promulgated by the President on December 19, 1871
    10Jun 24Prescribing Amendments to the Tariff of Consular Fees of 1870, Paragraph 331
    11Aug 05Promulgating Certain Further Rules for the Government of the Civil Service of the United States

1874 edit

    12Jan 02Prescribing Amendments to the Tariff of Consular Fees of 1870
    13Mar 09Ordering Formalities for Mourning the Death of Former President Millard Fillmore
    14Mar 20Consuls in Italy and Turkey made subordinate to Consuls General at Rome and Constantinople; Paragraph 377 of Consular Regulations amended to require yearly report of exports
    15Apr 28Civil Service Rules amended, including officers and clerks in Group A under office of General Appraiser
    16May 29Prescribing Civil Service Rules for the Light House Service
    17Aug 31Extending Civil Service Rules to Federal Offices in Customs Districts in Boston

1875 edit

    18Jul 31Ordering Formalities for Mourning the Death of Former President Andrew Johnson
    19Nov 22Ordering Formalities for Mourning the Death of Vice President Henry Wilson

1876 edit

    20Aug 21Ordering Formalities for Mourning the Death of Michael C. Kerr, Speaker of the House of Representatives

Notes edit

  1. NOTE: The total number of Executive orders issued for each administration includes number-and-letter designated orders, such as 9577-A, 9616-A, etc. Also, many executive orders in this era never got numbered at all.