may 21, 1896 - Vetoes an act granting a pension to Rachel Patton. This case involved the pension rights of a civil war widow. Patton had remarried—thereby losing her right to a pension—and then divorced the second husband. The bill was to restore her pension rights, which Cleveland pointed out were clearly forfeited under the law. The House overrode the veto on 02/09/1897 and the Senate overrode the veto on 03/03/1897
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