Author:John Calvin Coolidge/Executive orders

Executive orders

Administration of Calvin Coolidge (August 2, 1923 – March 4, 1929)

• 1,253 Total Executive Orders Issued ^[1]
• Range: Executive Order 3885-A thru Executive Order 5075

Signature of Calvin Coolidge

1923

3885-A	Aug 04	Closing of Executive Departments in connection with the death of Warren G. Harding approved
3885-B	Aug 04	Executive departments ordered closed from 1 p.m. August 7 through August 10 in connection with the death of Warren G. Harding
3885-C	Aug 04	Period of mourning for Warren G. Harding prescribed
3885-D	Aug 06	Executive Order 3885-B of August 4, 1923, closing all executive departments in connection with the death of Warren G. Harding made applicable to all executive establishments
3886	Aug 04	Viola B. Pugh designated to sign the President's name to land patents
3887	Aug 04	Ada Braddock designated to sign President's name to Land Patents in absence of designated clerk
3893	Aug 13
3893-A	Aug 17	David W. Davis made eligible for appointment as commissioner in the Reclamation Service without regard to Civil Service Rules
3897	Sep 05	Removing Lands from Katmai National Monument to End that Coal Mining Permit be Granted to John J. Folstad
3908-A	Sep 28	Civil Service Rule IX, pertaining to reinstatement, amended
3917-A	Oct 23	Alien Property Custodian authorized to sell at private sale certain specified stock of the Botany Worsted Mills of New Jersey
3940	Dec 24	James L. Wilmeth and James E. Chamberlin, separated formerly in the Engraving and Printing Bureau, made eligible to reenter the classified service for five years on certificate

1924

3941	Jan 11	Executive Order 9 of January 17, 1873, prohibiting Federal employees from holding office under any State, Territorial, county or municipal Government, waived to permit C. C. Crabbe, Attorney General of Ohio, to hold position of special assistant to the Attorney General of the United States
3941-A	Jan 15	Harvey Entriken made eligible for appointment as private secretary in the office of the Board of General Appraisers in New York without regard to Civil Service Rules
3946	Jan 21	Removing Lands from Mt. McKinley National Park, and Reserving Those and Adjoining Lands for Construction and Operation of Railroad Lines
3949	Jan 24	Transferring Lands from the Department of the Interior to the Department of the Treasury
3971	Mar 12
3971-A	Mar 15	Certain tax returns ordered open to inspection
3972	Mar 18
3976	Mar 22	Withdrawing Lands in Isle Royale, Michigan, to Determine Advisability for Inclusion in National Monument
3983	Apr 01	Withdrawing Lands in Alaska to Determine Advisability for Inclusion in National Monument
3984	Apr 02	Withdrawing Lands in New Mexico to Determine Advisability for Inclusion in National Park or Monument
3999	Apr 25	Withdrawing Lands in Arizona for Classification and Pending Legislation for its Disposition
3999-A	Apr 28	Theodore J. Risley, Labor Departmet Solicitor, designated to act as Secretary of Labor in the absence of the Secretary, the Assistant and Second Assistant Secretaries
4008	May 09	Reducing Lands of the Scotts Bluff National Monument
4013	May 19
4033-A	Jun 24	Withdrawing Certain Described Lands in Arizona for Classification and Possible Inclusion Within the San Carlos Irrigation Project
4048	Jul 12
4056	Aug 01	Certain described lands in Alabama withdrawn from classification and possible inclusion within the Alabama National Forest
4059	Aug 06
4071-A	Sep 05	Alien Property Custodian authorized to sell certain described real estate at New York, N. Y., formerly the property of John Otterstedt of Germany
4071-B	Sep 08	Alien Property Custodian authorized to sell certain specified shares of stock of the Botany Worsted Mills, held in trust for George Hirsch
4073-A	Sep 09	Alien Property Custodian authorized to sell certain described real estate in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Levy and Cook Counties, Florida, formerly the property of Carl and Friedrich Magnus of Germany
4102-A	Nov 13	Alien Property Custodian authorized to ratify acts done by his subordinates which were judicial in character and which pertain to deposits, transfer and payment of moneys
4102-B	Nov 13	Certain Presidential powers authorized under the Trading with the Enemy Act delegated to the Alien Property Custodian
4106-A	Nov 24	Alien Property Custodian authorized to sell certain described real estate at San Francisco, California, formerly the property of Adolph, Friedrich, Ernst, Elizabeth, and Clara Nussbaum of Germany
4119	Dec 24	Effie A. Deane made eligible for appointment in the Government service without regard to Civil Service Rules

1925

4120	Jan 08	A. H. Bergthold made eligible for appointment as postmaster at Weatherford, Oklahoma, without examination
4124	Jan 12
4145	Jan 28
4146	Feb 02
4163	Feb 27
4164	Mar 06
4165	Mar 09
4165-A	Mar 09
4165-B	Mar 09
4165-C	Mar 09
4165-D	Mar 09
4165-E	Mar 09
4166	Mar 10
4167	Mar 10
4168	Mar 11
4169	Mar 12
4170	Mar 12
4170-A	Mar 12
4171	Mar 13
4172	Mar 13
4173	Mar 14
4174	Mar 16
4175	Mar 17
4176	Mar 17	Discontinuance and Transfer of 28 District Land Offices
4177	Mar 18
4178	Mar 19
4179	Mar 20
4179-A	Mar 20	Diminishment of Sugar Loaf or Kakea Military Reservation, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, and Restoration of Excluded Lands to the Government of the Territory of Hawaii
4179-B	Mar 20
4179-C	Mar 20
4179-D	Mar 20
4179-E	Mar 20
4180	Mar 24
4181	Mar 24	Lands in Utah Withdrawn for Classification and Pending Legislation for Inclusion in Zion National Park
4186	Mar 31
4187	Apr 01	Fifty-one Posts Designated as Unhealthful Posts for the Purposes of Retirement of Personnel Under the Regulations for the Foreign Service
4200	Apr 10
4216	Apr 30
4217	May 02
4221	May 11
4224	May 14
4224-A	May 14	Executive Order 4073-A of September 9, 1924, authorizing the Alien Property Custodian to sell certain real estate, formerly the property of Carl and Friedrich Magnus of Germany, amended to include certain described property in Cook County, Illinois
4224½	May 15
4225	May 16
4235	May 27
4236	Jun 01
4250	Jun 10
4257	Jun 27
4258	Jul 01
4262	Jul 03	Withdrawing Certain Described Lands in Alabama, Florida and Mississippi Pending Classification
4274	Jul 25	Diminishment of Schofield Barracks Military Reservation, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, and Restoration of Excluded Lands to the Government of the Territory of Hawaii for use as a School Site
4274-A	Jul 27	Ordering Half-mast Flag Display for the Funeral of William Jennings Bryan
4275	Jul 28
4276	Jul 28
4276-A	Jul 29
4277	Jul 30
4278	Jul 31
4279	Aug 06
4279-A	Aug 06
4280	Aug 07
4298	Aug 29
4299	Sep 05
4314	Sep 25	Establishing Rules Governing Navigation of the Panama Canal and Adjacent Waters
4315	Sep 29
4316	Oct 02
4331	Oct 28
4332	Nov 03
4349	Nov 30
4350	Dec 01
4351	Dec 02	Amending Executive Order 4274 of July 25, 1925, which restored to its previous status, for use by Hawaii as site for public schools, part of military reservation of Schofield Barracks (Waianae-Uka), Island of Oahu, Hawaii, so as to correct azimuth of 2d course of property incorrectly described in said order
4352	Dec 05
4353	Dec 05	General Regulations for the Government of the Dominican Customs Receivership Under the Convention of December 27, 1924, Between the United States of America and the Dominican Republic
4353-A	Dec 09
4353-B	Dec 09
4353-C	Dec 09
4353-D	Dec 09
4353-E	Dec 09
4354	Dec 11
4354-A	Dec 12
4354-B	Dec 12
4355	Dec 12
4356	Dec 15
4357	Dec 15
4358	Dec 16
4359	Dec 19
4359-A	Dec 19
4360	Dec 21
4361	Dec 23
4361-A	Dec 23
4361½	Dec 23
4362	Dec 28
4363	Dec 29	Malheur National Forest, Oregon, diminished, and the excluded lands restored to entry only for adjustment of a claim thereto
4363-A	Dec 31	Alien Property Custodian authorized to sell certain specified stocks of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Co., formerly the property of the Anglo-Austrian Bank

1926

4364	Jan 07	Certain specified islands and rocks in the Pacific Ocean off the Oregon coast reserved pending legislation for use of said islands for recreational purposes or as breeding grounds for water-fowl and other native birds
4373-A	Jan 26	Alien Property Custodian authorized to sell at public sale stock in the Crex Carpet Company, formerly the property of Oscar Donner, deceased
4374	Jan 26
4382-A	Feb 12	Prescribing Rules Governing the Granting and Issuing of Passports
4383	Feb 19	Certain described lands in Alabama withdrawn for classification and pending legislation [to grant said lands to the State for recreational purposes]
4421	Apr 17	Lands Near Hydaburg and Klawak, Alaska, Returned to Tongass National Forest, Except for School Reservations
4439	May 08
4456-A	Jun 08	Establishing Reservoir Site Reserve No. 17, California
4457	Jun 11
4467	Jun 29	Establishing Johnston Island Reservation
4472-A	Jul 03	William W. Russell, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of Siam, made eligible for retention on active duty until December 31, 1926
4473	Jul 08
4477-A	Jul 14	Retirement of Henry H. Morgan, Foreign Service officer, Class 1, ordered effective July 31, 1926
4478	Jul 15	Certain described lands in Colorado withdrawn pending resurvey
4517	Oct 02	Creating Customs Station in Sitka, Alaska
4523	Oct 18
4527	Oct 22	Directing that Employees of Alaska Railroad Permanently Residing in Municipalities on Line of Railroad be Permitted to Run for Municipal Office Therein
4535	Oct 29	Amending description of Kuwaaohe military reservation contained in Executive Order 2900 of July 2, 1918, which set aside lands on island of Oahu, Hawaii, for military purposes, so as to correct azimuths and distances incorrectly described in said order
4559	Dec 30	Certain described lands in New Mexico withdrawn pending legislation for use as a power site and for irrigation purposes

1927

4560	Jan 05	Certain described lands at Cauayan, Isabela Province, Luzon, P. I., reserved for military purposes
4601	Mar 01	Prescribing Regulations Pertaining to the Award of the Distinguished Flying Cross
4627	Apr 07
4628	Apr 13	Lands in the State of Utah
4679	Jun 29	In General relates to Lands Reserved for Military Purposes in the Territory of Hawaii
4712	Aug 30	Tongass National Forest, Alaska
4715	Sep 08
4736	Oct 04
4736-A	Oct 05
4737	Oct 05
4744	Oct 20	Tananarive, Madagascar, Added to Places Named in E.O. 4187 of April 1, 1925, as Unhealthful Foreign Service Post
4772	Nov 28	Designating Lagos, Nigeria, as an Unhealthful Foreign Service Post
4773	Nov 29	Prescribing A Manual for Courts-Martial, United States Army
4791	Dec 31	Edward M. Flesh, treasurer and liquidating trustee of the Grain Corporation, directed to pay $115,419.98 into the Treasury in final settlement and liquidation of said Corporation, and the records, books of accounts, and files of the Food Administrator and the Wheat Director, heretofore held in custody of said Corporation, ordered transferred to Commerce Dept.

1928

4792	Jan 03	Canal Zone District Court rules pertaining to court clerks, the bonds to be given by them, and the handling and deposit of money in the registry of the court prescribed
4846-A	Mar 30	Frequencies Assigned to Government Radio Stations [Classified as Confidential]
4902	Jun 04	Executive Order 4846-A of March 30, 1928, Assigning Frequencies to Government Radio Stations, Amended as to Certain Frequencies Assigned to the Army [Not Classified as Confidential]
4919-A	Jun 24	Certain Described Lands in Arizona Withdrawn for Classification and Possible Inclusion in the San Carlos Irrigation Project
4930-A	Jul 12	Executive Order 4033-A of June 24, 1924, Reserving Certain Lands Within the Proposed San Carlos Project, Arizona, Revoked and Said Lands Restored to Entry
4986	Nov 02	Certain described lands in Osborn Townsite, in the Huntley Project Irrigation District, Montana, reserved for the use of the Agriculture Dept. as an agricultural field station
5018	Dec 21	Treasury Sec'y authorized to retain in the Prohibition Service certain temporary personnel entitled to military preference until completion of rating of examination for the position of prohibition agent, and to reinstate any of said preference employees dropped from said service without charges subsequent to August 16, 1929

1929

5019	Jan 02	Mildred Brown Mclntosh made eligible for appointment as typist at the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida, without regard to Civil Service Rules
5037	Jan 28	Lands in Utah Withdrawn for Classification and Pending Determination for Inclusion in Zion National Park
5075	Apr 04	Mrs. William M. Stuart, Sarah V. Kenner made Eligible for Reinstatement as Clerk in Federal Service without Regard to Length of Separation from Service

Notes

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.