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Walker Tariff

United States · Government / Democratic Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1846Date range
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Chronological records

1846

James Knox Polk7 1846

Washington DC · Government / Democratic Party Government

Polk signs the Walker Tariff lowering tariff rates and reshaping federal revenue policy

Names involved

James Knox Polk

Provenance

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