Author:Hiram Ulysses Grant/Executive orders

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

8

Apr 16

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

1873

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

1874

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

1875

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

1876

20

Aug 21

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

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. Also, many executive orders in this era never got numbered at all.