PRESIDENTIAL
CLEMENCY ACTIONS BY FISCAL YEAR July 1, 1900 to June 30, 1945
President |
Fiscal
Year |
Petitions
Pending |
Petitions
Received |
Petitions
Granted
Pardon Commutation Respite Remission
|
Petitions
Denied |
Closed
Without Presidential Action |
William
McKinley
(March
1897 - September 1901)
|
1900 |
68 |
677 |
129 |
73 |
4 |
14 |
131 |
332 |
1901 |
45 |
796 |
162 |
50 |
2 |
12 |
117 |
448 |
Theodore
Roosevelt
(September
1901 - March 1909)
|
1902 |
50 |
738 |
92 |
36 |
0 |
6 |
181 |
366 |
1903 |
107 |
543 |
70 |
57 |
0 |
7 |
131 |
316 |
1904 |
69 |
585 |
87 |
62 |
2 |
11 |
122 |
278 |
1905 |
90 |
574 |
109 |
52 |
0 |
4 |
119 |
278 |
1906 |
76 |
627 |
96 |
52 |
1 |
5 |
124 |
363 |
1907 |
81 |
523 |
71 |
30 |
4 |
10 |
116 |
272 |
1908 |
49 |
460 |
53 |
22 |
1 |
8 |
56 |
235 |
1909 |
134 |
463 |
90 |
52 |
1 |
8 |
79 |
220 |
William
Taft
(March
1909 -
March
1913)
|
1910 |
147 |
645 |
111 |
119 |
1 |
24 |
139 |
290 |
1911 |
108 |
393 |
82 |
64 |
2 |
14 |
84 |
163 |
1912 |
92 |
412 |
108 |
78 |
2 |
18 |
55 |
173 |
1913 |
70 |
661 |
82 |
100 |
10 |
16 |
75 |
324 |
Woodrow
Wilson
(March
1913 -
March
1921)
|
1914 |
124 |
664 |
104 |
116 |
1 |
28 |
102 |
345 |
1915 |
92 |
662 |
78 |
86 |
12 |
10 |
101 |
309 |
1916 |
158 |
889 |
116 |
107 |
30 |
16 |
109 |
436 |
1917 |
233 |
938 |
182 |
96 |
43 |
7 |
31 |
510 |
1918 |
302 |
934 |
119 |
94 |
29 |
14 |
140 |
640 |
1919 |
200 |
1,115 |
116 |
262 |
19 |
18 |
50 |
576 |
1920 |
274 |
1,028 |
198 |
341 |
57 |
43 |
25 |
440 |
1921 |
198 |
1,224 |
174 |
264 |
35 |
12 |
156 |
578 |
Warren
Harding
(March
1921 - August 1923)
|
1922 |
208 |
1,144 |
162 |
187 |
28 |
13 |
182 |
536 |
1923 |
244 |
1,317 |
138 |
199 |
20 |
26 |
306 |
758 |
Calvin Coolidge
(August
1923 -March 1929)
|
1924 |
114 |
1,515 |
105 |
120 |
11 |
11 |
264 |
897 |
1925 |
221 |
1,568 |
182 |
96 |
0 |
11 |
266 |
1,017 |
1926 |
227 |
1,209 |
127 |
96 |
2 |
19 |
241 |
755 |
1927 |
196 |
949 |
89 |
110 |
2 |
20 |
161 |
633 |
1928 |
130 |
1,261 |
110 |
172 |
4 |
36 |
119 |
706 |
1929 |
244 |
1,544 |
160 |
179 |
0 |
29 |
148 |
1,082 |
Herbert
Hoover
(March 1929 -
March 1933) |
1930 |
190 |
1,141 |
121 |
85 |
1 |
14 |
129 |
783 |
1931 |
198 |
1,195 |
163 |
114 |
0 |
31 |
113 |
785 |
1932 |
187 |
1,203 |
189 |
137 |
0 |
39 |
115 |
699 |
1933 |
211 |
1,235 |
199 |
69 |
0 |
36 |
60 |
686 |
Franklin
D. Roosevelt
(March
1933 -
April
1945)
|
1934 |
397 |
1,061 |
114 |
53 |
2 |
35 |
192 |
662 |
1935 |
400 |
1,407 |
211 |
36 |
3 |
61 |
184 |
757 |
1936 |
555 |
944 |
154 |
183 |
4 |
49 |
325 |
455 |
1937 |
329 |
1,080 |
192 |
37 |
3 |
59 |
137 |
653 |
1938 |
328 |
1,287 |
219 |
28 |
0 |
92 |
160 |
797 |
1939 |
319 |
1,215 |
172 |
32 |
0 |
40 |
139 |
729 |
1940 |
422 |
1,293 |
242 |
31 |
0 |
40 |
104 |
791 |
1941 |
510 |
1,367 |
178 |
15 |
0 |
18 |
74 |
910 |
1942 |
682 |
1,272 |
305 |
21 |
0 |
51 |
55 |
599 |
1943 |
923 |
1,019 |
332 |
17 |
0 |
10 |
55 |
748 |
1944 |
780 |
781 |
424 |
10 |
0 |
10 |
60 |
586 |
1945 |
471 |
815 |
276 |
25 |
0 |
12 |
29 |
506 |
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This chart's numbers are taken from the Office of the Pardon Attorney's annual
reports to the Attorney General for fiscal years 1900 to 1945. The chart's figures
exclude individual members of a class of persons granted clemency by proclamation.
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