Cross-administration comparison · 1993 → 2025
5 presidents.
9 terms.
$1.52Bin restitution.
A side-by-side look at every administration's clemency record since 1993 — by volume, by money forgiven, and by composition. Drawn from the same DOJ source for every term. Click any column header to re-sort.
Grants tracked
3,223
Pardons + commutations across all administrations.
Restitution forgiven
$1.52B
Money owed to victims that recipients no longer have to pay back.
Years covered
32
January 1993 to present.
Avg per term
358
Wide variance — Obama's second term skews the mean.
Ranked by total grants.
Each term shown separately. Default sort is by total grants; click any column header to re-sort. Page works without JavaScript for the default view.
| 1 | Barack H. Obama Second Term · 2013–2017 | 1,904 | 190 | 1,714 | $2.1M | $2.8M |
| 2 | William J. Clinton Second Term · 1997–2001 | 406 | 343 | 63 | $34.4M | $1.1M |
| 3 | Joseph R. Biden Sole term · 2021–2025 | 257 | 76 | 181 | $7.6M | $461K |
| 4 | Donald J. Trump First Term · 2017–2021 | 238 | 144 | 94 | $1.03B | $1.56B |
| 5 | George W. Bush Second Term · 2005–2009 | 169 | 160 | 9 | — | $319K |
| 6 | Donald J. Trump Second Term · 2025– | 139 | 116 | 23 | $450.9M | $178.6M |
| 7 | William J. Clinton First Term · 1993–1997 | 56 | 53 | 3 | — | — |
| 8 | George W. Bush First Term · 2001–2005 | 31 | 29 | 2 | — | — |
| 9 | Barack H. Obama First Term · 2009–2013 | 23 | 22 | 1 | — | $2K |
Composition by category.
Each row shows the offense-category mix of one term's grants, scaled to fill the row. The legend below maps colors to categories.
President · Term
Composition (proportional)
Total
Barack H. Obama
Second Term · 2013–2017
1,904
William J. Clinton
Second Term · 1997–2001
406
Joseph R. Biden
Sole term · 2021–2025
257
Donald J. Trump
First Term · 2017–2021
238
George W. Bush
Second Term · 2005–2009
169
Donald J. Trump
Second Term · 2025–
139
William J. Clinton
First Term · 1993–1997
56
George W. Bush
First Term · 2001–2005
31
Barack H. Obama
First Term · 2009–2013
23
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