PRESIDENTIAL
CLEMENCY ACTIONS BY ADMINISTRATION: 1945 to Present
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 |
George 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 2001 (8.5 mos.) |
923 |
2,063 |
110 |
548 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
45 |
277 |
FY 2002 |
988 |
2,332 |
152 |
1,096 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
519 |
1,466 |
53 |
240 |
FY 2003 |
565 |
1,715 |
172 |
851 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
51 |
819 |
21 |
159 |
FY 2004 |
659 |
1,588 |
235 |
951 |
12 |
2 |
0 |
108 |
632 |
42 |
178 |
FY 2005 |
733 |
1,728 |
252 |
807 |
39 |
0 |
0 |
89 |
411 |
35 |
296 |
FY 2006 |
822 |
1,829 |
254 |
759 |
39 |
0 |
0 |
255 |
779 |
53 |
315 |
FY
2007 |
729 |
1,495 |
334 |
925 |
16 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
75 |
336 |
FY 2008 |
972 |
2,083 |
555 |
1,770 |
44 |
2 |
0 |
513 |
2,182 |
107 |
360 |
Total (92.5 mos.) |
|
|
2,064 |
7,707 |
157 |
6 |
0 |
1,535 |
6,290 |
431 |
2,161 |
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LEGEND: 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. Cases in which clemency was granted to a person who did not file an application with the Office of the Pardon Attorney are counted as “Petitions Granted” but have not been counted as “Petitions Pending” or “Petitions Received” since at least FY 1990. The figures for commutations exclude one reprieve granted in FY 2000 and one granted in FY 2001. Also 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. “Fiscal year” was originally defined as July 1 to June 30, but in 1976 became October 1 to September 30. "Petitions Pending" means pending at the beginning of the fiscal year; that number may not correspond with the number computed from case-processing figures reported for the previous year due to the fact that minor subsequent corrections in case closure for a previous fiscal year(s) have been made.
Last Updated: October 8, 2008
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