Clemency Statistics

 

Joseph R. Biden

Fiscal Year	Petitions Pending*		Petitions Pending End of Reporting Month		Petitions Received		Petitions Granted			Petitions Denied		Petitions Closed Without Presidential Action
	P	C	P	C	P	C	P	C	R	P	C	P	C
2021 (8.5 mos.)	3,211	11,804	3,339	13,629	191	2,952	0	0	0	0	0	63	1,128
2022 (12 mos.)	3,339	13,629	3,557	14,039	259	3,705	3	79	0	0	0	38	3,219
2023 (12 mos.)	3,557	14,039	3,848	12,548	380	1,361	9	34	0	0	0	83	2,821
2024 (10 mos.)	3,848	12,548	1,624	7,054	393	1,641	13	18	0	2,501	5,402	105	1,717
Total (42.5 mos.)					1,223	9,659	25	131	0	2,501	5,402	289	8,885

Donald J. Trump

Fiscal Year	Petitions Pending*		Petitions Pending End of Reporting Month		Petitions Received		Petitions Granted			Petitions Denied		Petitions Closed Without Presidential Action
	P	C	P	C	P	C	P	C	R	P	C	P	C
2017 (8.5 mos.)	2,009	9,360	2,270	8,931	421	1,709	1	0	0	0	0	160	2,138
2018 (12 mos.)	2,270	8,931	2,207	9,751	340	1,853	6	4	0	82	98	320	933
2019 (12 mos.)	2,207	9,751	2,445	11,510	330	2,460	8	2	0	0	0	88	701
2020 (12 mos.)	2,476	11,608	2,834	10,916	435	2,503	13	5	0	0	0	43	3,093
2021 (3.5 mos.)	2,834	10,916	3,211	11,804	443	1,584	116	83	0	0	0	14	633
Total (47.5 mos.)					1,969	10,109	144	94	0	82	98	625	7,498

Barack H. Obama

Fiscal Year	Petitions Pending (Static)		Petitions Received		Petitions Granted			Petitions Denied		Petitions Closed Without Presidential Action
	P	C	P	C	P	C	R	P	C	P	C
2009 (8.5 mos.)	1,040	903	232	1,086	0	0	0	0	0	132	120
2010	1,140	1,869	262	1,902	0	0	0	0	0	116	340
2011	1,285	3,431	331	1,585	17	0	0	872	3,104	84	389
2012	643	1,523	383	1,547	5	1	0	147	689	48	148
2013	826	2,232	303	2,370	17	0	0	314	1,577	44	240
2014	754	2,785	273	6,561	13	9	0	154	1,226	36	222
2015	824	7,889	294	2,999	12	79	0	142	782	6	915
2016	958	9,115	997	11,028	6	583	0	0	6,507	34	1,701
2017 (3.5 mos.)	1,920	11,355	320	4,071	142	1043	0	79	4,864	8	177
Total (96 mos.)			3,395	33,149	212	1,715	0	1,708	18,749	508	4,252

George W. Bush

Fiscal Year	Petitions Pending		Petitions Received		Petitions Granted			Petitions Denied		Petitions Closed Without Presidential Action
	P	C	P	C	P	C	R	P	C	P	C
2001 (8.5 mos.)	923	2,063	110	548	0	0	0	0	1	45	277
2002	988	2,332	152	1,096	0	0	0	519	1,466	53	240
2003	565	1,715	172	851	7	0	0	51	819	21	159
2004	659	1,588	235	951	12	2	0	108	632	42	178
2005	733	1,728	252	807	39	0	0	89	411	35	296
2006	822	1,829	254	759	39	0	0	255	779	53	315
2007	729	1,495	334	925	16	2	0	0	0	75	336
2008	972	2,083	555	1,770	44	2	0	513	2,182	107	360
2009 (3.5 mos.)	864	1,309	434	869	32	5	0	194	1,208	33	62
Total (96 mos.)			2,498	8,576	189	11	0	1,729	7,498	464	2,223

William J. Clinton

Fiscal Year	Petitions Pending		Petitions Received		Petitions Granted			Petitions Denied		Petitions Closed Without Presidential Action
	P	C	P	C	P	C	R	P	C	P	C
1993 (8.5 mos.)	260	192	172	526	0	0	0	1	2	33	53
1994	392	656	228	580	0	0	0	175	400	74	136
1995	371	700	209	403	53	3	0	158	258	39	133
1996	330	709	204	308	0	0	0	72	139	23	137
1997	438	736	209	476	0	0	0	69	325	38	123
1998	540	764	201	407	21	0	0	54	126	37	161
1999	628	884	261	748	34	12	2	126	231	36	208
2000	693	1,179	336	1,052	70	6	0	0	790	61	176
2001 (3.5 mos.)	894	1,259	181	988	218	40	0	0	116	12	32
Total (96 mos.)			2,001	5,488	396	61	2	655	2,387	353	1,159

George H.W. Bush

Fiscal Year	Petitions Pending		Petitions Received		Petitions Granted			Petitions Denied		Petitions Closed Without Presidential Action
	P	C	P	C	P	C	R	P	C	P	C
1989 (8.5 mos.)	488	186	115	130	9	1	0	122	22	41	112
1990	432	184	206	148	0	0	0	94	22	59	114
1991	485	196	172	146	29	0	0	390	198	62	31
1992	180	109	174	205	0	0	0	45	76	40	31
1993 (3.5 mos.)	269	207	64	106	36	2	0	25	111	18	8
Total (48 mos.)			731	735	74	3	0	676	429	220	296

Ronald Reagan

Fiscal Year	Petitions Pending		Petitions Received		Petitions Granted			Petitions Denied		Petitions Closed Without Presidential Action
	P	C	P	C	P	C	R	P	C	P	C
1981 (8.5 mos.)	358	119	220	137	2	0	0	0	0	66	87
1982	510	169	283	179	83	3	0	258	123	81	85
1983	371	137	298	149	91	2	0	74	33	96	103
1984	409	147	289	158	37	5	0	99	31	95	101
1985	467	168	256	151	32	3	0	86	18	66	109
1986	540	188	222	140	55	0	0	94	28	65	103
1987	548	197	227	183	23	0	0	115	34	52	110
1988	588	236	236	148	38	0	0	205	43	68	181
1989 (3.5 mos.)	513	160	68	60	32	0	0	38	8	23	26
Total (96 mos.)			2,099	1,305	393	13	0	969	318	612	905

Jimmy Carter

Fiscal Year	Petitions Pending		Petitions Received		Petitions Granted			Petitions Denied		Petitions Closed Without Presidential Action
	P	C	P	C	P	C	R	P	C	P	C
1977 (8.5 mos.)	368	106	292	271	0	1	0	1	0	118	49
1978	541	327	379	262	162	3	0	307	409	74	46
1979	377	131	436	274	143	10	0	138	123	55	132
1980	477	140	355	168	155	8	3	150	106	161	81
1981 (3.5 mos.)	366	108	119	71	74	7	0	42	35	11	18
Total (48 mos.)			1,581	1,046	534	29	3	638	673	419	326

Gerald R. Ford

Fiscal Year	Petitions Pending		Petitions Received		Petitions Granted			Petitions Denied or Closed Without Presidential Action
	P	C	P	C	P	C	R	P	C
1975 (10.5 mos.)	207	49	351	259	147	5	4	166	159
1976 (15 mos.)	245	140	502	240	106	11	0	199	243
1977 (3.5 mos.)	442	126	125	50	129	6	1	70	63
Total (29 mos.)			978	549	382	22	5	435	465

Richard M. Nixon

Fiscal Year	Petitions Pending		Petitions Received		Petitions Granted			Petitions Denied or Closed Without Presidential Action
	P	C	P	C	P	C	R	P	C
1969 (5.5 mos.)	1,021	184	136	115	0	0	0	123	57
1970	1,034	242	337	122	82	14	0	432	266
1971	857	84	266	188	157	16	0	436	212
1972	530	44	346	170	235	18	2	252	158
1973	389	36	323	162	202	4	1	198	143
1974	312	50	291	135	187	8	0	209	128
1975 (1.5 mos.)	207	49	-	-	0	0	0	0	0
Total (67 mos.)			1,699	892	863	60	3	1,650	964

Lyndon B. Johnson

Fiscal Year	Petitions Pending		Petitions Received		Petitions Granted			Petitions Denied or Closed Without Presidential Action
	P	C	P	C	P	C	R	P	C
1964 (7.5 mos.)	685		579		166	40	0	275
1965	783		1,008		195	80	0	569
1966	947		865		364	80	1	726
1967	532	109	419	444	222	23	0	147	373
1968	582	157	409	340	13	3	0	106	309
1969 (6.5 mos.)	872	185	278	195	0	0	0	129	196
Total (62 mos.)			4,537		960	226	1	2,830

John F. Kennedy

Fiscal Year	Petitions Pending	Petitions Received	Petitions Granted			Petitions Denied or Closed Without Presidential Action
			Pardon	Commutation	Remission
1961 (5.5 mos.)	342	220	24	9	0	121
1962	408	595	166	16	0	315
1963	506	592	133	43	2	233
1964 (4.5 mos.)	687	342	149	32	1	162
Total (34 mos.)		1,749	472	100	3	831

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Fiscal Year	Petitions Pending	Petitions Received	Petitions Granted			Petitions Denied or Closed Without Presidential Action
			Pardon	Commutation	Remission
1953 (5.5 mos.)	578	269	6	1	0	159
1954	681	461	55	7	0	348
1955	732	662	59	4	0	684
1956	647	585	192	9	0	568
1957	463	585	232	4	0	443
1958	369	406	98	6	0	302
1959	369	434	117	2	0	286
1960	398	437	149	5	0	244
1961 (6.5 mos.)	437	261	202	9	0	145
Total (96 mos.)		4,100	1,110	47	0	3,179

Harry S. Truman

Fiscal Year	Petitions Pending	Petitions Received	Petitions Granted			Petitions Denied or Closed Without Presidential Action
			Pardon	Commutation	Remission
1945 (2.5 mos)	479	201	98	9	2	133
1946	438	977	279	28	3	570
1947	535	779	308	13	2	483
1948	508	657	178	15	0	411
1949	561	638	178	17	1	313
1950	690	504	400	14	3	338
1951	439	467	189	10	1	228
1952	478	477	192	6	0	214
1953 (6.5 mos)	543	330	91	6	1	197
Total (93 mos.)		5,030	1,913	118	13	2,887

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Fiscal Year	Petitions Pending	Petitions Received	Petitions Granted				Petitions Denied	Closed Without Presidential Action
			Pardon	Commutation	Respite	Remission
1934	397	1,061	114	53	2	35	192	662
1935	400	1,407	211	36	3	61	184	757
1936	555	944	154	183	4	49	325	455
1937	329	1,080	192	37	3	59	137	653
1938	328	1,287	219	28	0	92	160	797
1939	319	1,215	172	32	0	40	139	729
1940	422	1,293	242	31	0	40	104	791
1941	510	1,367	178	15	0	18	74	910
1942	682	1,272	305	21	0	51	55	599
1943	923	1,019	332	17	0	10	55	748
1944	780	781	424	10	0	10	60	586
1945	471	815	276	25	0	12	29	506

Herbert Hoover

Fiscal Year	Petitions Pending	Petitions Received	Petitions Granted				Petitions Denied	Closed Without Presidential Action
			Pardon	Commutation	Respite	Remission
1930	190	1,141	121	85	1	14	129	783
1931	198	1,195	163	114	0	31	113	785
1932	187	1,203	189	137	0	39	115	699
1933	211	1,235	199	69	0	36	60	686

Calvin Coolidge

Fiscal Year	Petitions Pending	Petitions Received	Petitions Granted				Petitions Denied	Closed Without Presidential Action
			Pardon	Commutation	Respite	Remission
1924	114	1,515	105	120	11	11	264	897
1925	221	1,568	182	96	0	11	266	1,017
1926	227	1,209	127	96	2	19	241	755
1927	196	949	89	110	2	20	161	633
1928	130	1,261	110	172	4	36	119	706
1929	244	1,544	160	179	0	29	148	1,082

Warren Harding

Fiscal Year	Petitions Pending	Petitions Received	Petitions Granted				Petitions Denied	Closed Without Presidential Action
			Pardon	Commutation	Respite	Remission
1922	208	1,144	162	187	28	13	182	536
1923	244	1,317	138	199	20	26	306	758

Woodrow Wilson

Fiscal Year	Petitions Pending	Petitions Received	Petitions Granted				Petitions Denied	Closed Without Presidential Action
			Pardon	Commutation	Respite	Remission
1914	124	664	104	116	1	28	102	345
1915	92	662	78	86	12	10	101	309
1916	158	889	116	107	30	16	109	436
1917	233	938	182	96	43	7	31	510
1918	302	934	119	94	29	14	140	640
1919	200	1,115	116	262	19	18	50	576
1920	274	1,028	198	341	57	43	25	440
1921	198	1,224	174	264	35	12	156	578

William H. Taft

Fiscal Year	Petitions Pending	Petitions Received	Petitions Granted				Petitions Denied	Closed Without Presidential Action
			Pardon	Commutation	Respite	Remission
1910	147	645	111	119	1	24	139	290
1911	108	393	82	64	2	14	84	163
1912	92	412	108	78	2	18	55	173
1913	70	661	82	100	10	16	75	324

Theodore Roosevelt

Fiscal Year	Petitions Pending	Petitions Received	Petitions Granted				Petitions Denied	Closed Without Presidential Action
			Pardon	Commutation	Respite	Remission
1902	50	738	92	36	0	6	181	366
1903	107	543	70	57	0	7	131	316
1904	69	585	87	62	2	11	122	278
1905	90	574	109	52	0	4	119	278
1906	76	627	96	52	1	5	124	363
1907	81	523	71	30	4	10	116	272
1908	49	460	53	22	1	8	56	235
1909	134	463	90	52	1	8	79	220

William McKinley

Fiscal Year	Petitions Pending	Petitions Received	Petitions Granted				Petitions Denied	Closed Without Presidential Action
			Pardon	Commutation	Respite	Remission
1900	68	677	129	73	4	14	131	332
1901	45	796	162	50	2	12	117	448

 

*LEGEND:  The statistics for petitions granted are taken from a count of clemency warrants maintained by the Office of the Pardon Attorney.  Cases in which multiple forms of relief were granted are counted in only one category, unless multiple presidential warrants were signed to effectuate the President's decision for the same individual.  Cases in which clemency was granted to a person who did not file under the Department of Justice regulations, through the Office of the Pardon Attorney, are counted as “Petitions Granted” but have not been counted as “Petitions Pending” or “Petitions Received” since at least FY 1990.  The figures for commutations exclude one reprieve granted in FY 2000 and one granted in FY 2001.  Also excluded from this chart are individual members of a class of persons granted pardons by proclamation, such as President Carter’s proclamation granting clemency to certain Vietnam era offenders, and persons granted clemency after action by President Ford’s Presidential Clemency Board because those petitions were not processed through the Office of the Pardon Attorney.  The Office of the Pardon Attorney does not maintain statistics on those categories of grants and has no documentation to support them.  “Fiscal year” was originally defined as July 1 to June 30, but in 1976 became October 1 to September 30.  "Petitions Pending" means pending at the beginning of the fiscal year, or in the case of a change of administration, the number of cases pending at the time of the new President’s inauguration; that number may not correspond with the number computed from case-processing figures reported for the previous year due to the fact that minor subsequent corrections in case closure for a previous fiscal year(s) have and will continue to be made.