The following is a list of the 75 pardons and 3 commutations by President George H. W. Bush. The list is organized by the date on which President George H. W. Bush granted the pardon or commutation.
This list is a subset of the list of people pardoned by a United States president.
Definitions
A pardon means an executive order vacating a conviction.
A commutation means a mitigation of the sentence of someone currently serving a sentence for a crime pursuant to a conviction, without vacating the conviction itself.
August 14, 1989
Pardoned
Joe llen Deckert (1979 Misprision of felony (relating to illegal firearms sales)) Donald Alvin Dibble III (1978 Illegal possession of firearm with obliterated serial number) Leo Friedman (1969 Mail embezzlement) Armand Hammer (1976 Making campaign contribution in name of another (misdemeanor)) Charles Arnold Jacobs (1979 Submission of false income tax return) Mary Lou Peet (1978 Fraudulent transfer of property in contemplation of bankruptcy) Robert Gary Rice (1973 Submitting false statements to Federal Housing Administration) Billy Wayne Rodgers (1973 Transporting firearm in foreign commerce, Insubordination in violation of Article 91, Uniform Code of Military Justice) Raymond Joseph Shovelski (1974 Conspiracy to accept kickbacks on Government contracts)
Commutation
Douglas Bruce Fenimore (1981 Receiving and concealing stolen property, interstate transportation of stolen property, and bank robbery)
March 5, 1991
Pardoned
Dorothy Christina Damush (1982 Conspiracy to transport stolen goods in interstate commerce) David Feld (1980 Interference with agent of National Labor Relations Board (misdemeanor)) Mark Christopher Felling (1980 Theft of mail by postal employee) Howard William Fitzsimmons (1974 Embezzlement of Government property) Garth Stuart Hancock (1959 Conspiracy to violate Commodity Credit Regulations) Charles Walker Harrison (1966 Unlawful possession of narcotics without having paid transfer tax) Geary Travis Holstead (1978 Theft of mail by postal employee) Michael Dennis Larsen (1977 Bank embezzlement) Mark Allen Nelson (1975 Involuntary manslaughter in violation of Article 119, UCMJ) Robert Anthony Pagnanelli (1980 Conspiracy to defraud United States and mail fraud) William George Spurlock (1953 Interstate transportation of stolen motor vehicle) Harold Bennett Stewart (1963 Theft of Government property) Bernice Lena Telgemeier (1980 Attempted income tax evasion) Julius Henry Telgemeier (1980 Attempted income tax evasion) William Newton Tunnell, Jr. (1977 Bank embezzlement) Robert Lee Warner (1979 Obstruction of mail) James Alexander Womack (1978 Possession of stolen mail)
July 5, 1991
Pardoned
Joseph Berger (1959 Transporting gambling devices within a special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States) Miles Oakley Bidwell (1962 Filing false statement) Edward Meredith Dawsey (1981 Making false statements to the Office of Workmen's Compensation Programs) Leonard Gilmor (1975 Mail fraud and aiding and abetting) Lewis Isador Goltz (1976 Sale of firearms to out-of-state resident, failure to register firearms, failure to make appropriate entry in firearm acquisition disposition records) Wayne Stanley LaTour (1980 Dealing in firearms without a license) Thomas Leoutsakos (1968 Sale of methamphetamine (misdemeanor)) Mary Mahoney Longwell (1976 Embezzlement of bank funds) Barbara Cecil Livenia Chapman Portwood (1962 Forgery) Laurie Virginia Rossetti (1976 Engaging in the conduct of an illegal gambling business) Myra Soble (1957 Conspiracy to receive and obtain national defense information and transmit same to foreign government) Rudolph Hartsel Young (1960 Embezzlement of postal funds and falsification of postal records)