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A veto, Latin for "I forbid", is the power of an officer of the state to unilaterally stop an official action, especially enactment of a piece of legislation...

Timeline of Events

1792

4.5.1792

U.S. President George Washington exercises his authority to veto a bill, the first time this power is used in the United States.

1845

3.3.1845

For the first time the U.S. Congress passes legislation overriding a presidential veto.

1947

6.23.1947

The United States Senate follows the United States House of Representatives in overriding U.S. President Harry Truman's veto of the Taft-Hartley Act.