Republican (nationalist) de facto President Hayes (a resident of the federal enclave of Ohio) vetoes the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1879.

       [restored 5/13/2022]

Subsequent Events:

5/7/1879                    5/6/1882

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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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