Andrew Johnson actually said...

The Constitution expressly declares that--If any bill shall not be returned by the President within ten days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the same shall be a law in like manner as it he had signed it, unless the Congress by their adjournment prevent its return, in which case it shall not be a law.

01/22/1868

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