William McKinley | Theodore Roosevelt | William H. Taft | Woodrow Wilson | Warren Harding | Calvin Coolidge |
Herbert Hoover | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Harry S. Truman | Dwight D. Eisenhower | John F. Kennedy | Lyndon B. Johnson | Richard M. Nixon | Gerald R. Ford | Jimmy Carter | Ronald Reagan | George H.W. Bush | William J. Clinton | George W. Bush | Barack Obama
William McKinley
Fiscal Year | Petitions Pending |
Petitions Received |
Petitions Granted | Petitions Denied |
Closed Without Presidential Action |
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Pardon | Commutation | Respite | Remission | |||||
1900 | 68 | 677 | 129 | 73 | 4 | 14 | 131 | 332 |
1901 | 45 | 796 | 162 | 50 | 2 | 12 | 117 | 448 |
Theodore Roosevelt
Fiscal Year | Petitions Pending |
Petitions Received |
Petitions Granted | Petitions Denied |
Closed Without Presidential Action |
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Pardon | Commutation | Respite | Remission | |||||
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 H. Taft
Fiscal Year | Petitions Pending |
Petitions Received |
Petitions Granted | Petitions Denied |
Closed Without Presidential Action |
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Pardon | Commutation | Respite | Remission | |||||
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
Fiscal Year | Petitions Pending |
Petitions Received |
Petitions Granted | Petitions Denied |
Closed Without Presidential Action |
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Pardon | Commutation | Respite | Remission | |||||
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
Fiscal Year | Petitions Pending |
Petitions Received |
Petitions Granted | Petitions Denied |
Closed Without Presidential Action |
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Pardon | Commutation | Respite | Remission | |||||
1922 | 208 | 1,144 | 162 | 187 | 28 | 13 | 182 | 536 |
1923 | 244 | 1,317 | 138 | 199 | 20 | 26 | 306 | 758 |
Calvin Coolidge
Fiscal Year | Petitions Pending |
Petitions Received |
Petitions Granted | Petitions Denied |
Closed Without Presidential Action |
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Pardon | Commutation | Respite | Remission | |||||
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
Fiscal Year | Petitions Pending |
Petitions Received |
Petitions Granted | Petitions Denied |
Closed Without Presidential Action |
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Pardon | Commutation | Respite | Remission | |||||
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
Fiscal Year | Petitions Pending |
Petitions Received |
Petitions Granted | Petitions Denied |
Closed Without Presidential Action |
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Pardon | Commutation | Respite | Remission | |||||
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 |
Harry S. Truman
Fiscal Year | Petitions Pending |
Petitions Received |
Petitions Granted | Petitions Denied or Closed Without Presidential Action |
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Pardon | Commutation | Remission | ||||
1945 (2.5 mos) | 479 | 201 | 98 | 9 | 2 | 133 |
1946 | 438 | 977 | 279 | 28 | 3 | 570 |
1947 | 535 | 779 | 308 | 13 | 2 | 483 |
1948 | 508 | 657 | 178 | 15 | 0 | 411 |
1949 | 561 | 638 | 178 | 17 | 1 | 313 |
1950 | 690 | 504 | 400 | 14 | 3 | 338 |
1951 | 439 | 467 | 189 | 10 | 1 | 228 |
1952 | 478 | 477 | 192 | 6 | 0 | 214 |
1953 (6.5 mos) | 543 | 330 | 91 | 6 | 1 | 197 |
Total (93 mos.) | 5,030 | 1,913 | 118 | 13 | 2,887 |
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Fiscal Year | Petitions Pending |
Petitions Received |
Petitions Granted | Petitions Denied or Closed Without Presidential Action |
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Pardon | Commutation | Remission | ||||
1953 (5.5 mos.) | 578 | 269 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 159 |
1954 | 681 | 461 | 55 | 7 | 0 | 348 |
1955 | 732 | 662 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 684 |
1956 | 647 | 585 | 192 | 9 | 0 | 568 |
1957 | 463 | 585 | 232 | 4 | 0 | 443 |
1958 | 369 | 406 | 98 | 6 | 0 | 302 |
1959 | 369 | 434 | 117 | 2 | 0 | 286 |
1960 | 398 | 437 | 149 | 5 | 0 | 244 |
1961 (6.5 mos.) | 437 | 261 | 202 | 9 | 0 | 145 |
Total (96 mos.) | 4,100 | 1,110 | 47 | 0 | 3,179 |
John F. Kennedy
Fiscal Year | Petitions Pending |
Petitions Received |
Petitions Granted | Petitions Denied or Closed Without Presidential Action |
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Pardon | Commutation | Remission | ||||
1961 (5.5 mos.) | 342 | 220 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 121 |
1962 | 408 | 595 | 166 | 16 | 0 | 315 |
1963 | 506 | 592 | 133 | 43 | 2 | 233 |
1964 (4.5 mos.) | 687 | 342 | 149 | 32 | 1 | 162 |
Total (34 mos.) | 1,749 | 472 | 100 | 3 | 831 |
Lyndon B. Johnson
Fiscal Year | Petitions Pending |
Petitions Received |
Petitions Granted |
Petitions Denied or Closed Without Presidential Action |
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P | C | P | C | P | C | R | P | C | |
1964 (7.5 mos.) | 685 | 579 | 166 | 40 | 0 | 275 | |||
1965 | 783 | 1,008 | 195 | 80 | 0 | 569 | |||
1966 | 947 | 865 | 364 | 80 | 1 | 726 | |||
1967 | 532 | 109 | 419 | 444 | 222 | 23 | 0 | 147 | 373 |
1968 | 582 | 157 | 409 | 340 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 106 | 309 |
1969 (6.5 mos.) | 872 | 185 | 278 | 195 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 196 |
Total (62 mos.) | 4,537 | 960 | 226 | 1 | 2,830 |
Richard M. Nixon
Fiscal Year | Petitions Pending |
Petitions Received |
Petitions Granted |
Petitions Denied or Closed Without Presidential Action |
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P | C | P | C | P | C | R | P | C | |
1969 (5.5 mos.) | 1,021 | 184 | 136 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 57 |
1970 | 1,034 | 242 | 337 | 122 | 82 | 14 | 0 | 432 | 266 |
1971 | 857 | 84 | 266 | 188 | 157 | 16 | 0 | 436 | 212 |
1972 | 530 | 44 | 346 | 170 | 235 | 18 | 2 | 252 | 158 |
1973 | 389 | 36 | 323 | 162 | 202 | 4 | 1 | 198 | 143 |
1974 | 312 | 50 | 291 | 135 | 187 | 8 | 0 | 209 | 128 |
1975 (1.5 mos.) | 207 | 49 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total (67 mos.) | 1,699 | 892 | 863 | 60 | 3 | 1,650 | 964 |
Gerald R. Ford
Fiscal Year | Petitions Pending |
Petitions Received |
Petitions Granted |
Petitions Denied or Closed Without Presidential Action |
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P | C | P | C | P | C | R | P | C | |
1975 (10.5 mos.) | 207 | 49 | 351 | 259 | 147 | 5 | 4 | 166 | 159 |
1976 (15 mos.) | 245 | 140 | 502 | 240 | 106 | 11 | 0 | 199 | 243 |
1977 (3.5 mos.) | 442 | 126 | 125 | 50 | 129 | 6 | 1 | 70 | 63 |
Total (29 mos.) | 978 | 549 | 382 | 22 | 5 | 435 | 465 |
Jimmy Carter
Fiscal Year | Petitions Pending |
Petitions Received |
Petitions Granted |
Petitions Denied |
Petitions Closed Without Presidential Action |
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P | C | P | C | P | C | R | P | C | P | C | |
1977 (8.5 mos.) | 368 | 106 | 292 | 271 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 118 | 49 |
1978 | 541 | 327 | 379 | 262 | 162 | 3 | 0 | 307 | 409 | 74 | 46 |
1979 | 377 | 131 | 436 | 274 | 143 | 10 | 0 | 138 | 123 | 55 | 132 |
1980 | 477 | 140 | 355 | 168 | 155 | 8 | 3 | 150 | 106 | 161 | 81 |
1981 (3.5 mos.) | 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
Fiscal Year | Petitions Pending |
Petitions Received |
Petitions Granted |
Petitions Denied |
Petitions Closed Without Presidential Action |
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P | C | P | C | P | C | R | P | C | P | C | |
1981 (8.5 mos.) | 358 | 119 | 220 | 137 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 87 |
1982 | 510 | 169 | 283 | 179 | 83 | 3 | 0 | 258 | 123 | 81 | 85 |
1983 | 371 | 137 | 298 | 149 | 91 | 2 | 0 | 74 | 33 | 96 | 103 |
1984 | 409 | 147 | 289 | 158 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 99 | 31 | 95 | 101 |
1985 | 467 | 168 | 256 | 151 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 86 | 18 | 66 | 109 |
1986 | 540 | 188 | 222 | 140 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 28 | 65 | 103 |
1987 | 548 | 197 | 227 | 183 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 115 | 34 | 52 | 110 |
1988 | 588 | 236 | 236 | 148 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 205 | 43 | 68 | 181 |
1989 (3.5 mos.) | 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
Fiscal Year | Petitions Pending |
Petitions Received |
Petitions Granted |
Petitions Denied |
Petitions Closed Without Presidential Action |
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P | C | P | C | P | C | R | P | C | P | C | |
1989 (8.5 mos.) | 488 | 186 | 115 | 130 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 122 | 22 | 41 | 112 |
1990 | 432 | 184 | 206 | 148 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 22 | 59 | 114 |
1991 | 485 | 196 | 172 | 146 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 390 | 198 | 62 | 31 |
1992 | 180 | 109 | 174 | 205 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 76 | 40 | 31 |
1993 (3.5 mos.) | 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
Fiscal Year | Petitions Pending |
Petitions Received |
Petitions Granted |
Petitions Denied |
Petitions Closed Without Presidential Action |
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P | C | P | C | P | C | R | P | C | P | C | |
1993 (8.5 mos.) | 260 | 192 | 172 | 526 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 53 |
1994 | 392 | 656 | 228 | 580 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 175 | 400 | 74 | 136 |
1995 | 371 | 700 | 209 | 403 | 53 | 3 | 0 | 158 | 258 | 39 | 133 |
1996 | 330 | 709 | 204 | 308 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 139 | 23 | 137 |
1997 | 438 | 736 | 209 | 476 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 325 | 38 | 123 |
1998 | 540 | 764 | 201 | 407 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 126 | 37 | 161 |
1999 | 628 | 884 | 261 | 748 | 34 | 12 | 2 | 126 | 231 | 36 | 208 |
2000 | 693 | 1,179 | 336 | 1,052 | 70 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 790 | 61 | 176 |
2001 (3.5 mos.) | 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
Fiscal Year | Petitions Pending |
Petitions Received |
Petitions Granted |
Petitions Denied |
Petitions Closed Without Presidential Action |
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P | C | P | C | P | C | R | P | C | P | C | |
2001 (8.5 mos.) | 923 | 2,063 | 110 | 548 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 277 |
2002 | 988 | 2,332 | 152 | 1,096 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 519 | 1,466 | 53 | 240 |
2003 | 565 | 1,715 | 172 | 851 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 819 | 21 | 159 |
2004 | 659 | 1,588 | 235 | 951 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 108 | 632 | 42 | 178 |
2005 | 733 | 1,728 | 252 | 807 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 411 | 35 | 296 |
2006 | 822 | 1,829 | 254 | 759 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 255 | 779 | 53 | 315 |
2007 | 729 | 1,495 | 334 | 925 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 336 |
2008 | 972 | 2,083 | 555 | 1,770 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 513 | 2,182 | 107 | 360 |
2009 (3.5 mos.) | 864 | 1,309 | 434 | 869 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 194 | 1,208 | 33 | 62 |
Total (96 mos.) | 2,498 | 8,576 | 189 | 11 | 0 | 1,729 | 7,498 | 464 | 2,223 |
Barack Obama
Fiscal Year | Petitions Pending |
Petitions Received |
Petitions Granted |
Petitions Denied |
Petitions Closed Without Presidential Action |
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P | C | P | C | P | C | R | P | C | P | C | |
2009 (8.5 mos.) | 1,040 | 903 | 232 | 1,086 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 132 | 120 |
2010 | 1,140 | 1,869 | 262 | 1,902 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 340 |
2011 | 1,285 | 3,431 | 331 | 1,585 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 872 | 3,104 | 84 | 389 |
2012 | 643 | 1,523 | 383 | 1,547 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 147 | 689 | 48 | 148 |
2013 | 826 | 2,232 | 303 | 2,370 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 314 | 1,577 | 44 | 240 |
2014 | 754 | 2,785 | 273 | 6,561 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 154 | 1,226 | 36 | 222 |
2015 | 824 | 7,889 | 294 | 2,999 | 12 | 79 | 0 | 142 | 782 | 6 | 915 |
2016 | 958 | 9,115 | 998 | 11,028 | 6 | 583 | 0 | 0 | 6,507 | 34 | 1,700 |
January 19, 2017 330 commutations granted
January 18, 2017 79 pardons and 2299 commutations denied
January 17, 2017 64 pardons and 209 commutations granted
January 13, 2017 804 commutations denied
January 6, 2017 1,161 commutations denied
December 19, 2016 78 pardons and 153 commutations granted
November 29, 2016 600 commutation denied
November 22, 2016 79 commutations granted
November 4, 2016 72 commutations granted
October 27, 2016 98 commutations granted
October 6, 2016 102 commutations granted
September 30, 2016 2,917 commutations denied
August 30, 2016 111 commutations granted
August 8, 2016 2,229 commutations denied
August 3, 2016 213 commutations granted
June 3, 2016 42 commutations granted
May 11, 2016 27 commutations denied
May 5, 2016 58 commutations granted
April 6, 2016 589 commutations denied
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March 30, 2016
January 16, 2016
January 5, 2016
December 18, 2015 2 pardons and 95 commutations granted
July 13, 2015
March 31, 2015 22 commutations granted
December 17, 2014 12 pardons and 8 commutations granted 142 pardons and 782 commutations denied
December 15, 2014 3 commutations granted
April 15, 2014
December 19, 2013
March 1, 2013 17 pardons granted February 28, 2013 314 pardons and 1577 commutations denied
November 21, 2011 5 pardons and 1 commutation granted
November 19, 2011 147 pardons and 689 commutations denied
May 20, 2011
May 14, 2011 741 pardons and 1947 commutations denied
December 3, 2010
November 23, 2010 60 pardons and 552 commutations denied
October 11, 2010 71 pardons and 605 commutations denied |
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, or in the case of a change of administration, the number of cases pending at the time of the new President’s inauguration; 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 and will continue to be made.