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Federal Income Tax

Name: Federal Income Tax – United States factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

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

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1861Date range

1Named people

1Places

Chronological records

1861

Abraham Lincoln8 May 1861

Washington DC · Government / Republican Party Government

Revenue Act introduces the first federal income tax in United States history

Names involved

Abraham Lincoln

Provenance

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