Bill for the Benefit of the Indigent Insane
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Bill for the Benefit of the Indigent Insane
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The Bill for the Benefit of the Indigent Insane was proposed legislation that would have established asylums for the indigent insane, and also blind, deaf, and dumb, via federal land grants to the states. The bill was the signature initiative of activist Dorothea Dix, and passed both houses of Congress in 1854. However, it was vetoed on May 3, 1854 by President Franklin Pierce, the first of his nine vetoes. Pierce argued that the federal government should not commit itself to social welfare, whi
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2023-10-12T05:39:21Z
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