U.S. Presidency

Photograph of President Gerald Ford announcing his decision to grant a pardon to Former President Richard Nixon (Image source: NAID: 7140608)

There are three types of Presidential documents:¹

• Administrative Orders
• Executive Orders
• Proclamations

These documents can be found in the several locations, including:

• Federal Register
  • Certain Administrative Orders, Executive Orders, and Proclamations
• Compilation of Presidential Documents
  • All Administrative Orders, Executive Orders, and Proclamations
• Title 3 of the Code of Federal Regulations
  • Codified Executive Orders and Proclamations

¹U.S. National Archives and Records Administration

Read some of the digitized Presidential documents that are available in GovInfo.

• Presidential Inaugural Addresses
  • From Ulysses S. Grant to Joseph R. Biden Jr.
• Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States
  • From Herbert Hoover to Barack Obama
• State of the Union Addresses
  • From William J. Clinton to Joseph R. Biden Jr.