PRESIDENTIAL CLEMENCY ACTIONS by ADMINISTRATION: 1945 to Present

PRESIDENTIAL CLEMENCY ACTIONS BY ADMINISTRATION: 1945 to Present

(P = Pardon; C = Commutation; R = Remission of Financial Obligation)

President / Petitions
Pending / Petitions Received / Petitions Granted / Petitions Denied or Closed Without Presidential Action
P / C / R
Harry S Truman
FY1945 (2.5 mos.)
FY1946
FY1947
FY1948
FY 1949
FY 1950
FY 1951
FY 1952
FY 1953 (6.5 mos.) / 479
438
535
508
561
690
439
478
543 / 201
977
779
657
638
504
467
477
330 / 98
279
308
178
178
400
189
192
91 / 9
28
13
15
17
14
10
6
6 / 2
3
2
0
1
3
1
0
1 / 133
570
483
411
313
338
228
214
197
Total (93 mos.) / 5,030 / 1,913 / 118 / 13 / 2,887
Dwight D. Eisenhower
FY1953 (5.5 mos.)
FY1954
FY1955
FY1956
FY1957
FY1958
FY1959
FY1960
FY1961 (6.5 mos.) / 578
681
732
647
463
369
369
398
437 / 269
461
662
585
585
406
434
437
261 / 6
55
59
192
232
98
117
149
202 / 1
7
4
9
4
6
2
5
9 / 0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0 / 159
348
684
568
443
302
286
244
145
Total (96 mos.) / 4,100 / 1,110 / 47 / 0 / 3,179

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.

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PRESIDENTIAL CLEMENCY ACTIONS BY ADMINISTRATION: 1945 to Present

(P = Pardon; C = Commutation; R = Remission of Financial Obligation)

President / Petitions Pending / Petitions Received / Petitions Granted / Petitions Denied or Closed Without
Presidential Action
P / C / R
John F. Kennedy
FY1961 (5.5 mos.)
FY 1962
FY 1963
FY 1964 (4.5 mos.) / 342
408
506
687 / 220
595
592
342 / 24
166 133 149 / 9
16
43
32 / 0
0
2
1 / 121
315
233
162
Total (34 mos.) / 1,749 / 472 / 100 / 3 / 831
President / Petitions Pending / Petitions Received / Petitions Granted / Petitions Denied or Closed Without Presidential Action
P / C / P / C / P / C / R / P / C
Lyndon B. Johnson
FY1964 (7.5 mos.)
FY1965
FY1966 / 685
783
947 / 579
1,008
865 / 166
195
364 / 40
80
80 / 0
0
1 / 275
569
726
FY1967
FY1968
FY1969 (6.5 mos.) / 532
582
872 / 109
157
185 / 419
409
278 / 444
340
195 / 222
13
0 / 23
3
0 / 0
0
0 / 147
106
129 / 373
309
196
Total (62 mos.) / 4,537 / 960 / 226 / 1 / 2,830
President / Petitions Pending / Petitions Received / Petitions Granted / Petitions Denied or Closed Without Presidential Action
P / C / P / C / P / C / R / P / C
Richard M. Nixon
FY1969 (5.5 mos.)
FY1970
FY1971
FY1972
FY1973
FY1974
FY1975 (1.5 mos.) / 1,021
1,034
857
530
389
312
207 / 184
242
84
44
36
50
49 / 136
337
266
346
323
291
- / 115
122
188
170
162
135
- / 0
82
157
235
202
187
0 / 0
14
16
18
4
8
0 / 0
0
0
2
1
0
0 / 123
432
436
252
198
209
0 / 57
266
212
158
143
128
0
Total (67 mos.) / 1,699 / 892 / 863 / 60 / 3 / 1,650 / 964
Gerald R. Ford
FY1975 (10.5 mos.)
FY1976 (15 mos.)†
FY1977 (3.5 mos.) / 207
245
442 / 49
140
126 / 351
502
125 / 259
240
50 / 147
106
129 / 5
11
6 / 4
0
1 / 166
199
70 / 159
243
63
Total (29 mos.) / 978 / 549 / 382 / 22 / 5 / 435 / 465

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.

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PRESIDENTIAL CLEMENCY ACTIONS BY ADMINISTRATION: 1945 to Present

(P = Pardon; C = Commutation; R = Remission of Financial Obligation)

President / Petitions Pending / Petitions Received / Petitions Granted / Petitions Denied / Petitions Closed Without
Presidential Action
P / C / P / C / P / C / R / P / C / P / C
Jimmy Carter
FY1977 (8.5 mos.)
FY1978
FY1979
FY1980
FY1981 (3.5 mos.) / 368
541
377
477
366 / 106
327
131
140
108 / 292
379
436
355
119 / 271
262
274
168
71 / 0
162
143
155
74 / 1
3
10
8
7 / 0
0
0
3
0 / 1
307
138
150
42 / 0
409
123
106
35 / 118
74
55
161
11 / 49
46
132
81
18
Total (48 mos.) / 1,581 / 1,046 / 534 / 29 / 3 / 638 / 673 / 419 / 326
Ronald Reagan
FY1981 (8.5 mos.)
FY1982
FY1983
FY1984
FY1985
FY1986
FY1987
FY1988
FY1989 (3.5 mos.) / 358
510
371
409
467
540
548
588
513 / 119
169
137
147
168
188
197
236
160 / 220
283
298
289
256
222
227
236
68 / 137
179
149
158
151
140
183
148
60 / 2
83
91
37
32
55
23
38
32 / 0
3
2
5
3
0
0
0
0 / 0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0 / 0
258
74
99
86
94
115
205
38 / 0
123
33
31
18
28
34
43
8 / 66
81
96
95
66
65
52
68
23 / 87
85
103
101
109
103
110
181
26
Total (96 mos.) / 2,099 / 1,305 / 393 / 13 / 0 / 969 / 318 / 612 / 905
George Bush
FY1989 (8.5 mos.)
FY1990
FY1991
FY1992
FY1993 (3.5 mos.) / 488
432
485
180
269 / 186
184
196
109
207 / 115
206
172
174
64 / 130
148
146
205
106 / 9
0
29
0
36 / 1
0
0
0
2 / 0
0
0
0
0 / 122
94
390
45
25 / 22
22
198
76
111 / 41
59
62
40
18 / 112
114
31
31
8
Total (48 mos.) / 731 / 735 / 74 / 3 / 0 / 676 / 429 / 220 / 296
William J. Clinton
FY1993 (8.5 mos.)
FY1994
FY1995
FY1996
FY 1997
FY 1998
FY1999
FY 2000
FY2001 (3.5 mos.) / 260
392
371
330
438
540
628
693
894 / 192
656
700
709
736
764
884
1,179
1,259 / 172
228
209
204
209
201
261
336
181 / 526
580
403
308
476
407
748
1,052
988 / 0
0
53
0
0
21
34
70
218 / 0
0
3
0
0
0
12
6
40 / 0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0 / 1
175
158
72
69
54
126
0
0 / 2
400
258
139
325
126
231
790
116 / 33
74
39
23
38
37
36
61
12 / 53
136
133
137
123
161
208
176
32
Total (96 mos.) / 2,001 / 5,488 / 396 / 61 / 2 / 655 / 2,387 / 353 / 1,159
George W. Bush
FY2001 (8.5 mos.)
FY2002
FY2003
FY 2004
FY 2005
FY 2006
FY 2007 (9 mos.) / 923
988
565
659
733
822
729 / 2,063
2,332
1,715
1,588
1,728
1,829
1,494 / 110
152
172
235
252
254
249 / 548
1,096
851
951
807
759
614 / 0
0
7
12
39
39
16 / 0
0
0
2
0
0
1 / 0
0
0
0
0
0
0 / 0
519
51
108
89
255
0 / 1
1,466
819
632
411
779
0 / 45
53
21
42
35
53
66 / 277
240
159
178
296
315
259
Total (77.5 mos.) / 1,424 / 5,626 / 113 / 3 / 0 / 1,022 / 4,108 / 315 / 1,724

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.

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