He vetoed hundreds of private pension bills for American Civil War veterans, believing that if their pensions requests had already been rejected by the Pension Bureau, Congress should not attempt to override that decision.
他否决了数以百计的南北战争退伍老兵私人养老金法案，因为他认为如果养老保险局已经拒绝了这些退伍军人的养老金请求，那么国会也不应该越俎代疱地要推翻这一决定。