Skip to page content
Power & PoliticsUnited States edition
Sections
Only your five-digit ZIP code is sent. We never ask for your address.
Independent · nonpartisan
Illustrative executive-office thresholds illuminated in sequence at sunrise
Presidential record · From the National Archives records of later actions
Executive Order 10309

Restoring Possession, Use, and Control of Certain Lands Reserved for Military Purposes to the Territory of Hawaii and Transferring Title to Such Lands to the Territory

Signed by Harry S. Truman on December 3, 1951.

Later amended
Read the full orderShare this statusOpen the official source ↗
Signed recordDecember 3, 1951

The date the President signed it.

Publication record16 FR 12304

The Federal Register edition of the order.

Later actionLater amended

This is the later action on file. It is not a broad legal conclusion.

Primary evidence

The official record

Open the government publication or archive entry we used for this file.

National Archives record of later actions↗
Cite this record
Reference number
eo-10309
Official source
National Archives ↗
Last checked
Executive-order archive last refreshed from the Federal Register and National Archives
AP style

Power & Politics, "Executive Order 10309: Restoring Possession, Use, and Control of Certain Lands Reserved for Military Purposes to the Territory of Hawaii and Transferring Title to Such Lands to the Territory," last checked Oct. 27, 2026, citing National Archives, https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-10309

APA

Power & Politics. (2026, October 27). Executive Order 10309: Restoring Possession, Use, and Control of Certain Lands Reserved for Military Purposes to the Territory of Hawaii and Transferring Title to Such Lands to the Territory [Executive order record]. Retrieved October 28, 2026, from https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-10309

Chicago

Power & Politics. "Executive Order 10309: Restoring Possession, Use, and Control of Certain Lands Reserved for Military Purposes to the Territory of Hawaii and Transferring Title to Such Lands to the Territory." Last modified October 27, 2026. Accessed October 28, 2026. https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-10309.

BibTeX
@misc{votefiles_eo_10309,
  author       = {{Power & Politics}},
  title        = {{Executive Order 10309: Restoring Possession, Use, and Control of Certain Lands Reserved for Military Purposes to the Territory of Hawaii and Transferring Title to Such Lands to the Territory}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-10309}},
  note         = {Reference number eo-10309; official source: National Archives, https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/1951.html; last checked October 27, 2026; accessed October 28, 2026}
}
Plain link

https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-10309

Cite the official source for the underlying fact. Power & Politics reference number never changes for this record. AP, APA and Chicago are standard citation styles for news and academic writing, and BibTeX is the format reference-manager programs read.

The order itself

As signed

The complete text of the order.

Later record

What happened to this order

These notes list later amendments, revocations, replacing orders, or other Federal Register action.

Amended by EO 10603, April 19, 1955
See EO 5487, November 14, 1930; EO 10597, February 15, 1955

The National Archives records of later actions cover January 8, 1937 to January 19, 2017.

All presidential documents on file for this president →

← Back to the presidential record · Read source notes