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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:
The Republic of Texas had formed in 1836, after breaking away from Mexico in the Texas Revolution. The following year, an ambassador from Texas approached the United States about the possibility of becoming an American state. Fearing a war with Mexico, which did not recognize Texas independence, the United States declined the offer. [1]
Enacted over the president's veto (14 Stat. 430). March 2, 1867: Vetoed H.R. 1143, an act to provide for the more efficient government of the rebel States. Overridden by House on March 2, 1867, 138–51 (126 votes needed). Overridden by Senate on March 2, 1867, 38–10 (32 votes needed). Enacted over the president's veto (14 Stat. 432).
For many Texans, the history of the Republic of Texas is considered a time of independence and self-determination often in contrast to interference by the federal government in Washington. Texas requires a course in the state's history in the seventh grade where these ideas can also be found. [20] In the 1990s, Texas began to use the slogan "Texas.
The first European to see Texas was Alonso Álvarez de Pineda, who led an expedition for the governor of Jamaica, Francisco de Garay, in 1520.While searching for a passage between the Gulf of Mexico and Asia, [17] Álvarez de Pineda created the first map of the northern Gulf Coast. [18]
Texas lawmakers are interested in Roberson's case not just because of his innocence claims, but because they passed a law in 2013 that was supposed to give defendants who were convicted based on ...
In the years immediately following independence, in the Confederation period, most state constitutions did not provide for a gubernatorial veto at all. [13] Nationally, the President of the Continental Congress likewise lacked a veto power [14] (although as a legislative presiding officer, the position was not completely analogous to a chief ...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) was acquitted on 16 articles of impeachment in a Texas state Senate trial Saturday. Paxton was impeached by the Texas state House of Representatives for ...