Republican (nationalist) de facto President Benjamin Harrison (having received an unlawful advantage of 20 ineligible and 51 stolen Electoral votes)—without a constitutional amendment—signs the Dependent and Disability Pension Act, extending benefits to the children of Union veterans of the War of Federal Aggression.
Postscript: The Republican 51st Constitutional Congress (a.k.a. the “Billion Dollar Congress”) wiped out the entire surplus left by Democratic (constitutionalist) President Cleveland, despite enactment of the McKinley Tariff, which raised protective tariff rates to their highest levels ever.
NOTE: So much for conservative Republicans!
[added 5/15/2022]
Subsequent Events:
Authority:
“Law of the Jungle”
ccc-2point0.com/preface
References:
Dependent and Disability Pension Act, 26 Public Statutes at Large 182 (1890).
Calvin D. Linton, ed., The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 234.
Government – Monthly Statement of the Public Debt (MSPD) and Downloadable Files.mht
www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/pd/mspd/mspd.htm
51st United States Congress – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/51st_United_States_Congress
“Uncle Sam’s Flag of 37 Stars,” by Tom Caldwell and Jim Lorenz
ccc-2point0.com/uncle-sams-flag-of-37-stars/