The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-04

The Number Of Times That Our Presl
dents Have vetoed Acts of Congress.
tSt. Louis Republican,

[St. Louis Republican,
Since the foundation OF the government
there have been eighty-nine yetoes by Presi-
dents-two by Washington, six by Madison,
one by Monroe eleven by jackson, eight by
TYLER, three by Polk, nine by Pierce, three by
Buchanan Il, one by Lincoln, seventeen BY John
son twenty-five by Grant, and three by
Hayes OF these twelve were what are called
pocket vetoes, where the President falls to
return the bill either way before Congress ad-
of the session. Jackson Is credited with most
OF these OF all the eighty-nine vetoes Pierce
was overruled by two-thirds vote, which is
required to pass the bill after veto, five times
Hayes once Washington vetoed bill
for the apportfonment OF members, be-
cause he said 1t was impraeticable, and
one for the reduction OF the army in
1897 because he thought 1t was impracticable
and unjust. Madison, jackson, Tyler, Polk
and Pierce vetoed bills making appropriations
for rivers and harbors on the ground that 1T
was unconstitutional unjust distribution OF
government funds and too general. The five
times Pierce was overruled were for Internal
jackson exercised the veto power were on
his bills for the benefit Of corporations except
In the instance OF Clay's land bill In 1883.
Monroe's one veto was given against Q bill
for aid to the Cumberland road; Madison's
vetoes against the incorporation OF churches,
establishing United States bank, and Internal
improvements: Tyler's against the fiscal
bank bills, tariff bills, regulating contested
elections, and river and harbor bills; Polk 8
against river and harbor billsand French spoil
alton claims; Pieree's against French spoli-
alton claims, aid to INDECENT insane ocean mail
appropriations and internal IL Improvement
bills; Buchanan's against aid too .ricultural
colleges, a mail route In California private
claim and the homestead bill; Lii ,oln's one
veto was on a bill to correct clerica errors In
| a revenue act In order that all En- rs might
be included johnson vetoed the vii rights
| BILL freedmen's bureau, admission Of Colo
| RADIO, In which he was sustained; ST frage In
the District Of Columbia, admissi Of Ne
braska, against military rule III he rebel
tai bills to the reconstruction act, amending
judiciary act. admitting Arkansas, claiming
| It's admission by previous acts; excluding
| electoral votes of rebel States freedmen's
| bureau discontinued, admission Of Nortt
Carolina. South Carolina, Lolisi-
ana. Georgia, Alabama and Flor
Ida, because 1t superseded the mode pre-
scented by the constitution; and copper tariff
In but two Of these vas he sustained-the on
mentioned above and the one regarding tn,
admission Of the several States Just named
Grants vetoes were nearly all against privat
bills. The exceptions were bills regardin.
the Indian trust funds regarding local mat
ters in the District. and proof in homestead
entries. perfecting the revision Of the statutes
and the bill he said was to initiate currency
Hayes was overruled on bis veto of tho sive
| bill but carried his points against the Chimes
hill and the bill to have special term of tn
United States cour to try timber depredator
In Mississippi. There Is but one instanc
when a president vetoed bill repeating a Law
| and that was Tyler, who pocketed bill to re-
peal a section Of the public land bill.