jun 27, 1890 - Signs the Dependent Pension Bill (26 Stat 182), giving pensions to veterans who have served 90 days or more, and their families after they die. This leads to a large expansion in the number of pensioners and budgetary outlays. Scholars have seen this act as a forerunner of the modern social welfare state
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