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Conservatives argue that President Barack Obama used executive orders to achieve results he failed to get through Congress. Franklin D. Roosevelt holds the record for most issued executive orders.

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Franklin D. Roosevelt holds the record for most executive orders in presidential history, with 3,721, while John Adams, James Madison and James Monroe are tied for least, with one each.