<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" id="mwXg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="President of the United States">President of the United States of America</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Johnson" id="mwXw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Andrew Johnson">Andrew Johnson</a> vetoes the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1866" id="mwYA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Civil Rights Act of 1866">Civil Rights Act of 1866</a>. His veto is overridden by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress" id="mwYQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States Congress">Congress</a> and the bill passes into law on April 9.