Pension vetoes reveal limits of civil war veterans relief
A long government review details vetoed pension bills from 1886 to 1887. It recounts veterans denied relief due to lack of service connection or fraud, noting cases of unproven injuries, desertion, and disputed deaths, with President Cleveland emphasizing adherence to general laws and cautions against special legislative gratuities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Romiser
Frank
Mason
Cumberland
House
Senate
James Carroll
Third
North Carolina Mounted Volunteers
George H. Perkins
Carroll
Perkins
Carrell
Lewis W. Scanland
Illinois Volunteers
Board of
Maria Cunningham
Mary Karstettar
Pension Bureau
Fannie E. Evans
Congress
George Evans
Sallie Ann Bradley
Catherine McCarty
McCarty
William H. Weaver
Mary J. Hageman
Jeanette Dow
Duncan Forbes
Ann Kinney
Abraham Points
George W. Cutler
Pension Office
Ninth
New Hampshire Volunteers
Susan Hawes
Jeremiah Hawes
Buffalo
Ohio
Aurelia C. Richardson
Robert K. Bennett
Abraham P. Griges
Culbert Stone
Committee of the House
War Department
Julius Sattler
United States
City of
New York
North River
West Thirteenth Street
John Reed
John D. Fincher
Board of Surgeons
Lorin Burritt
Burritt
Thomas Hamilton
Sarah Hamilton
Thomas Shannon
Rio Grande
Texas
Theresa Herbst
John Herbst
Foraker
Herbst
Gettysburg
Stoneman
Bridget Foley
P. A. Leatherbury
Secretary of the Treasury
Lucy Roberts
Leatherbury
Thomas
Eliza Smith
Union City
Ind
Stephen A. Seavey
Maine
Sarah A. Carson
Committee
House of Representatives
George W. Pitner
Rachael Barnes
Barnes
Cpee
Early Vetoes Of This Year And Pension Debates
President vetoes numerous veteran pension bills from 1888, citing lack of service connection. Cases include deaths by self harm, chronic diarrhea, dropsy, epilepsy, and other ailments. Multiple claimants and widows are denied despite long post service gaps, with detailed reviews of medical evidence and prewar conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Wright
Hannah R. Langdon
Pension Bureau
Betsey Mansfield
Franklin J. Mansfield
Wisconsin
Morris T. Mantor
William P. Witt
Congress
William H. Brimmer
Brimmer
Philip Quiggle
Chloe Quiggle
Chattanooga
William Sackman
Fredericktown
Commissioner of Pensions
Sackman
Oscir B. Mills
Emily G. Mills
Georgia
A. Stricklett
William Jennings
Nancy F. Jennings
Theorasa M. Pratt
Benjamin M. Pratt
Sarah E. McCaleb
Antipas Taber
Cuba
Sally A. Randall
Royal J. Hiar
Hiar
Ellen Shea
Meshes Shea
Michael
Colorado
Chicago
I Su Ose
Woodstock
Col
Cyrenius G. Struyker
Washington
William H. Heslir
House
Anna Mertz
Charles A. Mertz
Elisha Griswold
Senate Committee On Pensions
San Antonio
Tex
Johanna Loessinger
Stephen Schiedel
Dollie Blazer
David M. Smith
Virtue Smith
Auditor’s Office
Treasury Department
Virtue
Pbjeciag
Elizabeth Burr
William Burr
Mary F. Harkins
Ellen Sexton
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