Samuel W. Pennypacker
[5] Abraham op den Graeff, an early abolitionist and signer of the first organized religious protest against slavery in colonial America in 1688, was his fourth great-grandfather.He fought in the skirmish at Witmer Farm, north of Gettysburg on June 26, 1863, an action that saw his newly recruited regiment retreat to Harrisburg when confronted by veteran Virginia cavalry.During his term in office, Pennypacker signed into law the Child Labor Act of 1905; setting a minimum age and standard for young workers.[4][8] He also signed the Salus-Grady libel law, requiring newspapers to print the names of their owners and editors and making them responsible for negligence.The passage of this law was widely criticized, not least by Pennsylvania cartoonists who immediately began depicting political figures as inanimate objects and vegetables.[10] At the time of the veto, Pennypacker stated: It is plain that the safest and most effective method of preventing procreation would be to cut the heads off the inmates, and such authority is given by the bill to this staff of scientific experts...Scientists like all men whose experiences have been limited to one pursuit...sometimes need to be restrained.
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