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Timeline: A History of Pardons

The chart below shows pardons granted per year from 1900-2011. Click on a bar to see the number of pardons granted and by which president. The timeline below the chart shows notable pardons. | Story:Shades of Mercy: Presidential Forgiveness Heavily Favors Whites »

1908
53 pardons
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
 
  10 pardons
Timeline: Notable Pardons
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Charles W. Morse

Charles W. Morse, center, walks alongside unknown associates in this photos published by the Bain News Service between 1910 and 1915. (Library of Congress)
William Howard Taft pardons millionaire businessman Charles W. Morse, center, who claimed illness while serving a prison sentence for violating federal banking laws. After his release, Morse "recovered," and Taft later expressed regret for the pardon. Morse later faced war profiteering charges in connection with his shipbuilding business.
1908

Sources: The White House, United States Office of the Pardon Attorney, Department of Justice, The Minority Staff Committee on Government Reform - U.S. House of Representatives, The New York Times, The Washington Post, PardonPower.com/P.S. Ruckman, Jr., Yale Law School, University of Pittsburgh Law School, TIME magazine, The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, CNN.com, KITV/ABC News, LA Times, Texas Monthly, Frank Sinatra By Chris Rojek

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