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Having the ability to inflict a veto on legislation is an important power held by the President, this power comes from the Constitution Article 1 section 7.

The first pocket veto, of a naturalization bill, was by the United States’ fourth president, James Madison. He had vetoed seven bills, two were pocket veto. Congress had it's first successful override of a pocket veto in March of 1845, under President John Tyler. When Congress had overridden his power of vetoing. Presidents are able and have exercised an “intersession” pocket vetoes about 100 times.

http://history.house.gov/Institution/Presidential-Vetoes/Presidential-Vetoes/

The framers of the Constitution made the pocket veto as a tool to avoid the long periods of uncertainty about legislation, that would fall between two congresses or between two sessions of a congress.

"The pocket veto is an absolute veto that cannot be overriden" this is due to the bill never being returned to Congress for reconsideration. In 1812 President James Madison was the first president to exercise his right of a Pocket Veto. Of Presidents throughout United States history, President Franklin D. Roosevelt had an outstanding number of pocket vetoes, more than anyone before or after him. During his presidency from 1933-1945 Roosevelt had vetoed 635 bills, of those 263 were pocket vetoes. All the presidents after him have had pocket vetoes pass while they were in office, the most after Roosevelt's term was Dwight D. Eisenhower who had 108. Although George W. Bush and Barack H. Obama had zero pocket vetoes while they served in office.

As of 1981, presidents had vetoed 1,385 bills, 1,008 by pocket veto”

https://www.senate.gov/reference/Legislation/Vetoes/vetoCounts.htm

This addresses the United States' form of usage, there are plenty of other countries who also use pocket vetoes within their government.

https://www.senate.gov/reference/Legislation/Vetoes/vetoCounts.htm