1914 Woodrow Wilson–Victoriano Huerta Congressional Broadside — U.S. Authorization for Armed Force in Mexico
Rare Original 1914 U.S. Congressional Broadside — H. J. Res. 251, 63rd Congress, 2nd Session
An important and scarce original Congressional printing documenting one of the most consequential moments of the Mexican Revolution and the presidency of Woodrow Wilson.
This original one-page broadside is House Joint Resolution 251, introduced and passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on April 20, 1914, following President Woodrow Wilson's dramatic address to Congress requesting authority to employ American armed forces against the government of Mexican dictator Victoriano Huerta.
The resolution specifically declared that the President was justified in employing the armed forces of the United States to enforce American demands upon Victoriano Huerta for "affronts and indignities" committed against the United States.
The House approved the resolution by an overwhelming 337–37 vote. The following day, April 21, U.S. Marines and sailors landed at Veracruz, Mexico, beginning the American occupation of the port. The Senate subsequently substituted different language, eliminating the specific reference to Huerta and adding a declaration that the United States had no hostility toward the Mexican people. The House accepted the Senate version, which was signed by President Wilson on April 22.
This example is therefore especially desirable because it represents the original House-passed version of the resolution, before the Senate alteration.
Printed at Washington, D.C., during the 63rd Congress, the broadside bears the printed attestation of South Trimble, Clerk of the House of Representatives.
The document provides an unusually tangible connection to the Wilson administration's decision to employ military force in Mexico and to the events immediately surrounding the 1914 Veracruz intervention.
Historical significance: Woodrow Wilson • Victoriano Huerta • Mexican Revolution • Veracruz Intervention • U.S.–Mexico Relations • 63rd Congress • Congressional History • American Foreign Policy
Condition: Good to Very Good. Original paper with age toning, edge wear and losses, several small marginal tears, light wrinkling, and a small circular spot/imperfection near the lower margin. Text remains exceptionally clear and fully readable. The verso exhibits normal show-through of the printing.
A scarce and highly desirable piece of original Congressional ephemera from the Wilson era and the Mexican Revolution.
Rare Original 1914 U.S. Congressional Broadside — H. J. Res. 251, 63rd Congress, 2nd Session
An important and scarce original Congressional printing documenting one of the most consequential moments of the Mexican Revolution and the presidency of Woodrow Wilson.
This original one-page broadside is House Joint Resolution 251, introduced and passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on April 20, 1914, following President Woodrow Wilson's dramatic address to Congress requesting authority to employ American armed forces against the government of Mexican dictator Victoriano Huerta.
The resolution specifically declared that the President was justified in employing the armed forces of the United States to enforce American demands upon Victoriano Huerta for "affronts and indignities" committed against the United States.
The House approved the resolution by an overwhelming 337–37 vote. The following day, April 21, U.S. Marines and sailors landed at Veracruz, Mexico, beginning the American occupation of the port. The Senate subsequently substituted different language, eliminating the specific reference to Huerta and adding a declaration that the United States had no hostility toward the Mexican people. The House accepted the Senate version, which was signed by President Wilson on April 22.
This example is therefore especially desirable because it represents the original House-passed version of the resolution, before the Senate alteration.
Printed at Washington, D.C., during the 63rd Congress, the broadside bears the printed attestation of South Trimble, Clerk of the House of Representatives.
The document provides an unusually tangible connection to the Wilson administration's decision to employ military force in Mexico and to the events immediately surrounding the 1914 Veracruz intervention.
Historical significance: Woodrow Wilson • Victoriano Huerta • Mexican Revolution • Veracruz Intervention • U.S.–Mexico Relations • 63rd Congress • Congressional History • American Foreign Policy
Condition: Good to Very Good. Original paper with age toning, edge wear and losses, several small marginal tears, light wrinkling, and a small circular spot/imperfection near the lower margin. Text remains exceptionally clear and fully readable. The verso exhibits normal show-through of the printing.
A scarce and highly desirable piece of original Congressional ephemera from the Wilson era and the Mexican Revolution.
