Republican (nationalist) de facto De facto President Hayes (a resident of the federal enclave of Ohio)—without a constitutional amendment—signs the Pension Arrears Act, increasing pension eligibility from the date of discharge to the date of application for compulsory Union veterans of the War of Federal Aggression.

       [restored 5/9/2022]

Subsequent Events:

5/6/1882                   2/11/1887

Authority:

“Law of the Jungle”
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References:

Calvin D. Linton, ed., The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 219.

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,167,124,467,492

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