CLEVELAND DENIES WIDOW HER HUSBANDS MILITARY PENSION (THC) Today in history June 5 1888 President Grover Cleveland vetoes a bill that would have given a pension to war widow Johanna Loewinger, whose husband died 14 years after being discharged from the army. Mr. Loewinger served in the Civil War, enlisting on June 28, 1861. He was discharged a little less than a year later for what the army surgeons certificate called chronic diarrhea. He received his pension until his death in 1876. After his death, his widow, Johanna, applied for a widows pension, but was denied since her husband died from suicide by cutting his throat with a razor and not from any long-term disability caused by his military service. Johanna claimed her husband had suffered from insanity triggered by his military service and felt entitled to the benefits.
Posted on: Thu, 05 Jun 2014 12:18:50 +0000
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