PRESIDENTIAL
CLEMENCY ACTIONS BY ADMINISTRATION: 1945 to 2001 †
Table of
Contents
(P=Pardon;
C=Commutation; R=Remission of Fine)
Harry
S. Truman |
Year |
Petitions
Pending |
Petitions
Received |
Petitions Granted |
Petitions
Denied or Closed
Without Presidential Action |
P |
C |
R |
FY 1945
|
479 |
201 |
98 |
9 |
2 |
133 |
FY
1946 |
438 |
977 |
279 |
28 |
3 |
570 |
FY
1947 |
535 |
779 |
308 |
13 |
2 |
483 |
FY
1948 |
508 |
657 |
178 |
15 |
0 |
411 |
FY
1949 |
561 |
638 |
178 |
17 |
1 |
313 |
FY
1950 |
690 |
504 |
400 |
14 |
3 |
338 |
FY
1951 |
439 |
467 |
189 |
10 |
1 |
228 |
FY
1952 |
478 |
477 |
192 |
6 |
0 |
214 |
FY
1953 |
543 |
330 |
91 |
6 |
1 |
197 |
Total
(93 mos.) |
|
5,030
|
1,913 |
118 |
13 |
2,887
|
Dwight
D. Eisenhower |
Year |
Petitions
Pending |
Petitions
Received |
Petitions Granted |
Petitions
Denied or Closed
Without Presidential Action |
P |
C |
R |
FY
1953 |
578 |
269 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
159 |
FY
1954 |
681 |
461 |
55 |
7 |
0 |
348 |
FY
1955 |
732 |
662 |
59 |
4 |
0 |
684 |
FY
1956 |
647 |
585 |
192 |
9 |
0 |
568 |
FY
1957 |
463 |
585 |
232 |
4 |
0 |
443 |
FY
1958 |
369 |
406 |
98 |
6 |
0 |
302 |
FY
1959 |
369 |
434 |
117 |
2 |
0 |
286 |
FY
1960 |
398 |
437 |
149 |
5 |
0 |
244 |
FY
1961 |
437 |
261 |
202 |
9 |
0 |
145 |
Total
(96 mos.) |
|
4,100
|
1,110 |
47 |
0 |
3,179
|
John
F. Kennedy |
Year |
Petitions
Pending |
Petitions
Received
|
Petitions Granted
|
Petitions
Denied or Closed Without Presidential Action
|
P
|
C |
R |
FY
1961 |
342 |
220 |
24 |
9 |
0 |
121 |
FY
1962 |
408 |
595 |
166 |
16 |
0 |
315 |
FY
1963 |
506 |
592 |
133 |
43 |
2 |
233 |
FY
1964 |
687 |
342 |
149 |
32 |
1 |
162 |
Total (34 mos.) |
|
1,749
|
472 |
100 |
3 |
831 |
Lyndon
B. Johnson |
Year
|
Petitions
Pending
|
Petitions
Received
|
Petitions Granted
|
Petitions
Denied or Closed Without Presidential Action |
P |
C |
P |
C |
P |
C |
R |
P |
C |
FY
1964 |
685 |
579 |
166 |
40 |
0 |
275 |
FY
1965 |
783 |
1,008 |
195 |
80 |
0 |
569 |
FY
1966 |
947 |
865 |
364 |
80 |
1 |
726 |
FY
1967 |
532 |
109 |
419 |
444 |
222 |
23 |
0 |
147 |
373 |
FY
1968 |
582 |
157 |
409 |
340 |
13 |
3 |
0 |
106 |
309 |
FY
1969 |
872 |
185 |
278 |
195 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
129 |
196 |
Total (62 mos.) |
|
4,537
|
960
|
226 |
1 |
2,830
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Richard
M. Nixon |
Year
|
Petitions
Pending
|
Petitions
Received
|
Petitions Granted
|
Petitions
Denied or Closed Without Presidential Action |
P |
C |
P |
C |
P |
C |
R |
P |
C |
FY
1969 |
1,021 |
184 |
136 |
115 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
123 |
57 |
FY
1970 |
1,034 |
242 |
337 |
122 |
82 |
14 |
0 |
432 |
266 |
FY
1971 |
857 |
84 |
266 |
188 |
157 |
16 |
0 |
436 |
212 |
FY
1972 |
530 |
44 |
346 |
170 |
235 |
18 |
2 |
252 |
158 |
FY
1973 |
389 |
36 |
323 |
162 |
202 |
4 |
1 |
198 |
143 |
FY
1974 |
312 |
50 |
291 |
135 |
187 |
8 |
0 |
209 |
128 |
FY
1975 |
207 |
49 |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Total (67 mos.) |
|
|
1,699 |
892 |
863 |
60 |
3 |
1,650
|
964 |
Gerald
E. Ford |
Year |
Petitions
Pending |
Petitions
Received |
Petitions Granted |
Petitions
Denied or Closed Without Presidential Action |
P |
C |
P |
C |
P |
C |
R |
P |
C |
FY
1975 |
207 |
49 |
351 |
259 |
147 |
5 |
4 |
166 |
159 |
FY
1976 |
245 |
140 |
502 |
240 |
106 |
11 |
0 |
199 |
243 |
FY
1977 |
442 |
126 |
125 |
50 |
129 |
6 |
1 |
70 |
63 |
Total (29 mos.) |
|
|
978 |
549 |
382 |
22 |
5 |
435 |
465 |
Jimmy
Carter |
Year |
Petitions
Pending |
Petitions
Received |
Petitions
Granted |
Petitions
Denied |
Petitions
Closed Without
Presidential Action |
P |
C |
P |
C |
P |
C |
R |
P |
C |
P |
C |
FY
1977 |
368 |
106 |
292 |
271 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
118 |
49 |
FY
1978 |
541 |
327 |
379 |
262 |
162 |
3 |
0 |
307 |
409 |
74 |
46 |
FY
1979 |
377 |
131 |
436 |
274 |
143 |
10 |
0 |
138 |
123 |
55 |
132 |
FY
1980 |
477 |
140 |
355 |
168 |
155 |
8 |
3 |
150 |
106 |
161 |
81 |
FY
1981 |
366 |
108 |
119 |
71 |
74 |
7 |
0 |
42 |
35 |
11 |
18 |
Total (48 mos.) |
|
|
1,581 |
1,046 |
534 |
29 |
3 |
638 |
673 |
419 |
326 |
Ronald
Reagan |
Year |
Petitions
Pending |
Petitions
Received |
Petitions
Granted |
Petitions
Denied |
Petitions
Closed Without
Presidential Action |
P |
C |
P |
C |
P |
C |
R |
P |
C |
P |
C |
FY
1981 |
358 |
119 |
220 |
137 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
66 |
87 |
FY
1982 |
510 |
169 |
283 |
179 |
83 |
3 |
0 |
258 |
123 |
81 |
85 |
FY
1983 |
37 |
137 |
298 |
149 |
91 |
2 |
0 |
74 |
33 |
96 |
103 |
FY
1984 |
409 |
147 |
289 |
158 |
37 |
5 |
0 |
99 |
31 |
95 |
101 |
FY
1985 |
467 |
168 |
256 |
151 |
32 |
3 |
0 |
86 |
18 |
66 |
109 |
FY
1986 |
540 |
188 |
222 |
140 |
55 |
0 |
0 |
94 |
28 |
65 |
103 |
FY
1987 |
548 |
197 |
227 |
183 |
23 |
0 |
0 |
115 |
34 |
52 |
110 |
FY
1988 |
588 |
236 |
236 |
148 |
38 |
0 |
0 |
205 |
43 |
68 |
181 |
FY
1989 |
513 |
160 |
68 |
60 |
32 |
0 |
0 |
38 |
8 |
23 |
26 |
Total (96 mos.) |
|
|
2,099 |
1,305 |
393 |
13 |
0 |
969 |
318 |
612 |
905 |
George
H.W. Bush |
Year |
Petitions
Pending |
Petitions
Received |
Petitions
Granted |
Petitions
Denied |
Petitions
Closed Without
Presidential Action |
P |
C |
P |
C |
P |
C |
R |
P |
C |
P |
C |
FY
1989 |
488 |
186 |
115 |
130 |
9 |
1 |
0 |
122 |
22 |
41 |
112 |
FY
1990 |
432 |
184 |
206 |
148 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
94 |
22 |
59 |
114 |
FY
1991 |
485 |
196 |
172 |
146 |
29 |
0 |
0 |
390 |
198 |
62 |
31 |
FY
1992 |
180 |
109 |
174 |
205 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
45 |
76 |
40 |
31 |
FY
1993 |
269 |
207 |
64 |
106 |
36 |
2 |
0 |
25 |
111 |
18 |
8 |
Total (48 mos.) |
|
|
731 |
735 |
74 |
3 |
0 |
676 |
429 |
220 |
296 |
William
J. Clinton |
Year |
Petitions
Pending |
Petitions
Received |
Petitions
Granted |
Petitions
Denied |
Petitions
Closed Without
Presidential Action |
P |
C |
P |
C |
P |
C |
R |
P |
C |
P |
C |
FY
1993 |
260 |
192 |
172 |
526 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
33 |
53 |
FY
1994 |
392 |
656 |
228 |
580 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
175 |
400 |
74 |
136 |
FY
1995 |
371 |
700 |
209 |
403 |
53 |
3 |
0 |
158 |
258 |
39 |
133 |
FY
1996 |
330 |
709 |
204 |
308 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
72 |
139 |
23 |
137 |
FY
1997 |
438 |
736 |
209 |
476 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
69 |
325 |
38 |
123 |
FY
1998 |
540 |
764 |
201 |
407 |
21 |
0 |
0 |
54 |
126 |
37 |
161 |
FY
1999 |
628 |
884 |
261 |
748 |
34 |
12 |
2 |
126 |
231 |
36 |
208 |
FY
2000 |
693 |
1,179 |
336 |
1,052 |
70 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
790 |
61 |
176 |
FY
2001 |
894 |
1,259 |
181 |
988 |
218 |
40 |
0 |
0 |
116 |
12 |
32 |
Total (96 mos.) |
|
|
2,001 |
5,488 |
396 |
61 |
2 |
655 |
2,387 |
353 |
1,159 |
†
The
statistics for petitions granted are taken from a count of clemency warrants maintained
by the Office of the Pardon Attorney. Cases in which multiple forms of relief
were granted are counted in only one category.
Excluded from this chart are individual members of a class of persons granted
pardons by proclamation, such as President Carter's proclamation granting clemency
to certain Vietnam era offenders, and persons granted clemency after action by
President Ford's Presidential Clemency Board.
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