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Clemency Statistics
This section contains statistical tables and charts of clemency actions - pardons, commutations, remissions, etc. - by various U.S. Presidents. All tables and charts ©Prof. P.S. Ruckman, Jr., Division of Social Sciences and Humanities, Rock Valley College, Rockford IL (unless otherwise noted). For Dr. Ruckman's papers based on these statistics, see the History and Development section of this guide. See also his op-ed Keys to Clemency Reform: Knowledge, Transparency (JURIST; March 7, 2001).
- Presidential clemency statistics, 1789-2001 [table]
- Federal Executive clemency, 1789-2001 [bar graph]
- Presidential pardons v. commutations, 1900-1999 [chart]
- Presidential pardons v. commutations, 1950-1999 [chart]
[these tables/charts compiled from microfilm in the National Archives (1789-1893) and from aggregates reported by the U.S. Department of Justice (1894-2001)] - clemency actions, Washington - Van Buren [bar graph]
- clemency actions, Tyler - Grant [bar graph]
- clemency actions, Hayes - Taft [bar graph]
- clemency actions, Wilson - Hoover
[bar graph]
[these tables/charts compiled from microfilm in the National Archives (1789 to 1893) and from the Annual Reports of the Attorney General (1894-1933). Such charts cannot be created for the years after 1933 because the Department of Justice stopped reporting individual-level data in that year and began reporting only aggregate (or summary) data by fiscal year.] - Executive clemency applications for Federal offences received, disposed of, and pending in the Office of the U.S. Pardon Attorney, 1953-1999 [table; Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics, 1999]
- Presidential clemency requests, 1900-99 [chart]
- Presidential clemency requests, 1953-99 [chart]
- comparative clemency requests granted/denied/pending, 1900-1993
- comparative clemency requests granted/denied, 1900-1993
[these tables/charts compiled from data collected by the Department of Justice and the Office of Pardon Attorney] - "last minute" Presidential clemency actions, 1789-1933 [table]
- most people pardoned in one day, 1789-1933 [table]
[these tables/charts compiled from microfilm in the National Archives (1789 to 1893) and from the Annual Reports of the Attorney General (1894-1933). After 1933, the Justice Department stopped reporting the information required to extend these charts to the present.]
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