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Executive Order 7845

Prescribing Regulations Relating to Annual Leave of Government Employees

Signed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt on March 21, 1938.

Later revoked or superseded
Signed recordMarch 21, 1938

The date the President signed it.

Publication record3 FR 715

The Federal Register edition of the order.

Later actionLater revoked or superseded

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Reference number
eo-7845
Official source
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Chicago

Power & Politics. "Executive Order 7845: Prescribing Regulations Relating to Annual Leave of Government Employees." Last modified October 27, 2026. Accessed October 28, 2026. https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-7845.

BibTeX
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  author       = {{Power & Politics}},
  title        = {{Executive Order 7845: Prescribing Regulations Relating to Annual Leave of Government Employees}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-7845}},
  note         = {Reference number eo-7845; official source: National Archives, https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/1938.html; last checked October 27, 2026; accessed October 28, 2026}
}
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Later record

What happened to this order

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

Supersedes EO 7409, July 9, 1936; EO 8226, August 24, 1939
Amended by EO 7879, May 9, 1938
Superseded by EO 8384, March 29, 1940 (in part)

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

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