Franklin Delano Roosevelt
President of the United States · Democrat
Born 1882 · Died 1945
- Article II, Section 1, Clause 1 — the executive power given to the President
- Article II, Section 2, Clause 1 — commander in chief, and the power to grant pardons
- Article II, Section 3 — the duty to take care that the laws are faithfully executed
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Record timeline
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Signed Executive Order 9537: Amending Executive Order 8396 of April 18, 1940, Prescribing Chapter I of the Foreign Service Regulations of the United States
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Signed Executive Order 9536: Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior To Take Possession of and Operate Certain Coal Mines
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Signed Executive Order 9535: Public Members of the National War Labor Board
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Signed Executive Order 9534: Designating the Federal Loan Administrator and the War Food Administrator as Members of the Economic Stabilization Board
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Signed Executive Order 9533: Changing the Name of the Customs Port of Entry of Marshfield, Oregon, to Coos Bay, Oregon
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Signed Executive Order 9532: Changing the Name of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs
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Signed Executive Order 9531: Making Certain Changes in the Customs Field Organization
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Signed Executive Order 9530: Exemption of Harry F. Hawley From Compulsory Retirement for Age
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Signed Executive Order 9529: Reinstating Paul H. Alling in the Foreign Service of the United States
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Signed Executive Order 9528: Amending Executive Order No. 9096 To Provide a Change in the Order of Succession of Officers To Act as Secretary of the Navy
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