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U.S. Presidency

Types of Documents

There are three types of Presidential documents:^

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

^National Archives and Records Administration

Presidential Documents in GovInfo

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.