Subjects – Barkley, Alben
The Congressional Horseshoe Tournament
May 30, 1930
On this date, freshman Representative Fred G. Johnson, a Nebraska Republican, won the title “Champion Horseshoe Pitcher of Congress” by defeating fellow GOP Congressman and Majority Whip Albert H. Vestal of Indiana in the first annual congressional horseshoe match.
The override of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Revenue Act of 1943,
February 24, 1944
On this date, the House voted 299 to 95 to override President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s veto of the Revenue Act of 1943 (H. R. 3687).