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Executive Order 8880

Amendment of Executive Order of January 17, 1873, To Permit an Officer or Employee of the Federal Government To Hold the Office of Chancellor of the University of Puerto Rico

Signed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt on August 30, 1941.

Later revoked or superseded
Signed recordAugust 30, 1941

The date the President signed it.

Publication record6 FR 4551

The Federal Register edition of the order.

Later actionLater revoked or superseded

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Reference number
eo-8880
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Power & Politics, "Executive Order 8880: Amendment of Executive Order of January 17, 1873, To Permit an Officer or Employee of the Federal Government To Hold the Office of Chancellor of the University of Puerto Rico," last checked Oct. 27, 2026, citing National Archives, https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-8880

APA

Power & Politics. (2026, October 27). Executive Order 8880: Amendment of Executive Order of January 17, 1873, To Permit an Officer or Employee of the Federal Government To Hold the Office of Chancellor of the University of Puerto Rico [Executive order record]. Retrieved October 27, 2026, from https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-8880

Chicago

Power & Politics. "Executive Order 8880: Amendment of Executive Order of January 17, 1873, To Permit an Officer or Employee of the Federal Government To Hold the Office of Chancellor of the University of Puerto Rico." Last modified October 27, 2026. Accessed October 27, 2026. https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-8880.

BibTeX
@misc{votefiles_eo_8880,
  author       = {{Power & Politics}},
  title        = {{Executive Order 8880: Amendment of Executive Order of January 17, 1873, To Permit an Officer or Employee of the Federal Government To Hold the Office of Chancellor of the University of Puerto Rico}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-8880}},
  note         = {Reference number eo-8880; official source: National Archives, https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/1941.html; last checked October 27, 2026; accessed October 27, 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.

Amends EO 9, January 17, 1873
Revoked by EO 11408, April 25, 1968 (in part)

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

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