Seal of the president of the United States information
Official coat of arms
Seal of the president of the United States
Armiger
President of the United States
Adopted
Unknown (current definition from 1945)
Crest
Behind and above the eagle a radiating glory Or, on which appears an arc of thirteen cloud puffs proper, and a constellation of thirteen mullets argent
Shield
Paleways of thirteen pieces argent and gules, a chief azure
Supporters
An American eagle displayed holding in its dexter talon an olive branch and in its sinister a bundle of thirteen arrows all proper, and in its beak a white scroll inscribed E PLURIBUS UNUM sable
Motto
E pluribus unum
Other elements
The whole surrounded by white stars arranged in the form of an annulet with one point of each star outward on the imaginary radiating center lines, the number of stars conforming to the number of stars in the union of the Flag of the United States
Use
On documents from the U.S. president to the U.S. Congress, and as a symbol on presidential vehicles, podiums, and other places
The seal of the president of the United States is used to mark correspondence from the president of the United States to the U.S. Congress, and is also used as a symbol of the presidency itself. The central design, based on the Great Seal of the United States, is the official coat of arms of the U.S. presidency and also appears on the presidential flag.
The presidential seal developed by custom over a long period before being defined in law, and its early history remains obscure.[1] The use of presidential seals goes back at least to 1850, and probably much earlier. The basic design of today's seal originated with Rutherford B. Hayes, who was the first to use the coat of arms on White House invitations in 1877. The precise design dates from 1945, when President Truman specified it in Executive Order 9646. The only changes since were in 1959 and 1960, which added 49th and 50th stars to the circle following the admissions of Alaska and Hawaii as states.
^Patterson, Richard S.; Dougall, Richardson (1978) [1976]. The Eagle and the Shield: A History of the Great Seal of the United States. Department of State Publication. Vol. 8900. Washington: Department of State. p. 409. LCCN 78602518. OCLC 4268298.
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