United States Presidential Orders of Clemency, 1789 to 2017

This dataset attempts to be a comprehensive listing of all pardons granted by United States' Presidents from Washington to Trump. The only president not represented in the data is the 20th president, President James A. Garfield. In total, the dataset contains 77 variables and 32,026 cases. About half of the variables are in character (string) format some of which contain actual dates. The original data was provided in individual Excel files separated by president and by term. Not all variables in the final data file were provided in each original data file. The data includes variables that provide the recipient's name of the pardon, the date the pardon was granted, the offense committed, details regarding fines and prison stays, along with other details regarding the recipient.

本数据集旨在构建一份详尽的清单，记录自华盛顿至特朗普历任美国总统所颁布的所有赦免令。在此数据集中，唯一未被收录的总统为第20任总统詹姆斯·A·加菲尔德。该数据集共包含77个变量和32,026个案例。其中约半数的变量以字符（字符串）格式呈现，部分变量包含具体日期。原始数据以每位总统及其任期为单位，分别存储于单独的Excel文件中。并非所有原始数据文件中提供的变量均包含在最终的数据文件中。数据集涵盖了赦免受领者的姓名、赦免令颁布日期、所犯罪行、与罚款及监禁期限相关的详细信息，以及其他与受领者相关的各类细节。