War Democrat (constitutionalist) de facto President Andrew Johnson (a resident if the confederate State of Tennessee) signs the Garfield Act, greatly improving interstate commerce by mandating a uniform railroad track gauge throughout the compulsory Union.

        [restored 4/24/2022]

Subsequent Events:

11/1/1869                   9/8/1873                   4/7/1881                  12/19/1882

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References:

Garfield Act, 14 Public Statutes at Large 66 (1866).

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,167,124,467,492

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