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A rule or order issued by the president to an executive branch of the government and having the force of law.
Executive Order
Abraham Lincoln
Executive Order [on the death of Martin van Buren]
Executive Order—Authorizing Employment of "Contrabands"
Executive Order—In Regard to Behavior of Aliens
Executive Order—Concerning the Southwest Branch of the Pacific Railroad
Executive Order—Making Henry W. Halleck General-in-Chief
Executive Order—Call for Troops
Order Constituting the Army of Virginia
Executive Order—Taking Military Possession of Railroads
Executive Order—President's Special War Order No. 3
Executive Order—President's General War Order No. 2
Executive Order—President's General War Order No. 3
Executive Order—Commercial Intercourse
Executive Order No. 2—State Prisoners
Executive Order—Taking into Military Possession all Telegraph Lines in the United States
Executive Order No. 1—Relating to Political Prisoners
Executive Order—Special War Order No. 1
Executive Order—General War Order No. 1
Executive Order—Authorizing General H.W. Halleck To Suspend the Writ of Habeas Corpus
Executive Order—Approving the Plan of the Governor of Missouri