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Veto of the Maysville Road Bill

President Andrew Jackson issued a veto message rejecting a congressional appropriation to fund construction of the Maysville, Washington, Paris, and Lexington Turnpike in Kentucky.

Veto of the Maysville Road Bill

The veto asserted limits on federal funding for local internal improvements, heightened Jackson's rift with Henry Clay and congressional nationalists, and signaled his strict-constructionist approach to federal power over internal improvements.

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