may 8, 1886 - Vetoes two military pensions bills (Abigail Smith, and Andrew J. Hill). These are the first of 255 vetoes referring to pensions. Objects to passing special enactments that reverse decisions of the Pension Bureau. Calls such practice "exceedingly questionable" because the Bureau is better equipped than a Congressional committee "to judge the merits of these claims."
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