President Lincoln and the Homestead Act

[David Lockmiller]

The House of Representatives passed the Homestead Act by a vote of 107 to 16 on February 28, 1862. The Senate passed the Homestead Act by a vote of 33 to 7 on May 6, 1862.

To impose upon President Abraham Lincoln a failure to do right, as the New York Times editorial implies, is repugnant to my sense of "right and wrong."