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The Texas Seed Bill was a 1887 United States federal law to deliver $10,000 of aid to purchase seed grain for farmers after a major drought in Texas. [1] The law was vetoed by President Grover Cleveland. [2] [3] In his veto message, Cleveland argued:
Transcript. To the House of Representatives: I return without my approval House bill No. 10203, entitled "An act to enable the Commissioner of Agriculture to make a special distribution of seeds in the drought-stricken counties of Texas, and making an appropriation therefor." It is represented that a long-continued and extensive drought has ...
Jul 1, 2003 · It should have surprised no one, therefore, when Cleveland vetoed the Texas Seed Bill early in 1887. This legislation appropriated $10,000—a trifling sum even in those days—to allow the Commissioner of Agriculture to purchase seed grain for distribution to farmers in certain counties of Texas that had suffered from drought. 4 The president ...
Cleveland used the veto more than any other US president before or since. One of Cleveland’s most famous vetoes was his veto of the Texas Seed Bill in 1887. A long and severe drought had stricken areas of Texas. With no grass to graze, eighty-five percent of cattle in the western part of the state died. Those cattle that remained were ...
Grover Cleveland’s Veto of the Texas Seed Bill (February 16, 1887) Amid a crushing drought that devastated many Texas farmers, Grover Cleveland vetoed a bill designed to help farmers recover by supplying them with seed. In his veto message, Cleveland explained his vision of proper government. It is represented that a long-continued and ...
Dec 22, 2021 · President Cleveland's veto of the Texas Seed Bill (February 16, 1887) is the most famous of his many vetoes; in it he makes the case for limited government and supports the role of private charity. 465291 Cleveland's Veto of the Texas Seed Bill — From The Writings and Speeches of Grover Cleveland 1887 Grover Cleveland
Grover Cleveland was the first Democrat to be elected president after the Civil War and the only president to serve two nonconsecutive terms in the White House, a feat that demonstrated the single-minded tenacity he used to try to implement what he understood the Constitution to say. Cleveland, a strict constructionist, believed individual ...
