George Washington exercised the first presidential veto of a 
Congressional bill on April 5, 1792. The bill introduced a new
plan for dividing seats in the House of Representatives that
would have increased the amount of seats for northern states.

After consulting with his politically divided and contentious
cabinet, Washington, who came from the southern state of
Virginia, ultimately decided that the plan was unconstitutional
because, in providing for additional representatives for some
states, it would have introduced a number of representatives
higher than that prescribed by the Constitution.

(FOX NEWS) – Former U.S. Rep. Mia Love, R-Utah, died on Sunday
at the age of 49, according to her family. She lost her battle with
cancer.

Love, who was the daughter of Haitian immigrants and the first
black Republican woman elected to Congress in 2014, "passed
away peacefully" surrounded by family.

Love had been undergoing treatment for brain cancer, but her
daughter said earlier this month the former congresswoman’s
cancer was no longer responding to it.

Ludmya "Mia" Love (December 6, 1975 – March 23, 2025)

On March 11, 1779, Congress established the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers to help plan, design and prepare environmental
and structural facilities for the U.S. Army.

Made up of civilian workers, members of the Continental Army
and French officers, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers played
an essential role in the critical Revolutionary War battles at
Bunker Hill, Saratoga and Yorktown.

Mississippi River improvements made by the Corps of
Engineers in 1890.

On March 2, 1807, the U.S. Congress passes an act to “prohibit
the importation of slaves into any port or place within the
jurisdiction of the United States…from any foreign kingdom,
place, or country.” It would go into effect at the start of the
following year.

Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Natchez, Mississippi, 
was sworn into the U.S. Senate, becoming the first African
American ever to sit in Congress.

During the Civil War, Revels, a college-educated minister,
helped form African American army regiments for the Union
cause, started a school for freed men, and served as a
chaplain for the Union army.

Hiram Rhodes Revels (
September 27, 1827 – January 16, 1901)

Hiram Rhodes Revels bust by Edmond’s Bob Willis.