Significant Executive Orders and Proclamations 1861-2016

This project contains a list of executive orders and proclamations that were mentioned in The New York Times from 1861-2016 (Excel files contains non-ceremonial and ceremonial directives, ceremonial directives are highlighted yellow). See Unilateral Politics in the Traditional Era: Significant Executive Orders and Proclamations, 1861–1944 (Williams 2020) for a detailed explanation on how the data was collected. Also contains data (and codebook) used in the statistical analysis in Williams 2020 (Excel and Stata files). Contact Raymond Williams if you have questions about the data at [e-mail]