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President Grover Cleveland
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Stephen Grover Cleveland
becomes the 22nd president serving from 1885 to1889.
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Vice Pres. |
Thomas
Hendricks was Cleveland's first Vice President
His picture appeared on the U.S. ten dollar silver certificate
in about 1887 to 1914.
Hendricks was born near Zanesville, Muskingum County,
Ohio on
September 7, 1819.
He died in office in Indianapolis, Marion County,
Indiana
on November 25, 1885.
The President Pro Tempore of the Senate was next in line to
succeed to the presidency. They were George F. Edmunds until
March 1885, John Sherman until February 1887, Then John J.
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First Lady |
Cleveland
married 21 year old Frances Folsom in 1886 in the only wedding
of a President at the White House. They had 5 children. Two of
them were born in the Whitehouse during Cleveland's second term. |
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Cleveland
was a
democrat from
New York, was supposed to have served in the
military but was able to purchase a substitute to serve on his
behalf in the Civil War.
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He investigated the holding of western lands held by the
railroads forcing the return of 81 million acres.
He was defeated in 1988 in the electoral college having won the
popular vote.
Upon leaving the White House Mrs. Cleveland told the staff to
take care of the furniture, that they would be back. That was
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Inaug. Addr. |
"And let us not
trust to human effort alone, but humbly acknowledging the power
and goodness of Almighty God, who presides over the destiny of
nations, and who has at all times been revealed in our country's
history, let us invoke His aid and His blessings upon our
labors." - President Grover Cleveland, First Inaugural Address.
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"I mistake the
American people if they favor the odious doctrine that there is
no such thing as international morality; that there is one law
for a strong nation and another for a weak one." - President Grover Cleveland.
"It is the responsibility of the citizens to support their
government. It is not the responsibility of the government to
support its citizens." - President Grover Cleveland. |
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Birth Death |
Cleveland was born in
Caldwell, Essex County, New Jersey on March 18, 1837.
He died in Princeton, Mercer County,
New Jersey on June 24,
1908. |
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Grover Cleveland
- White House History
Presidential Elections
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Benjamin Harrison
is the 23rd United States President from 1889 to1893 serving
between the two terms of President Grover Cleveland. |
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1893 |
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President Grover Cleveland,
again claims the presidency becoming the 24th. President of the United States.
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Vice Pres. |
Adalai
Ewing Stevenson was the second Vice President to Grover
Cleveland.
He had served as U.S. Representative from
Illinois, 13th
District from 1875 to '77 and 1879 to '81.
Stevenson was born in Christian County,
Kentucky on October 23,
1835.
He died in Chicago, Cook County,
Illinois on June 14, 1914.
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Cleveland
was a
democrat
from New York
Cleveland is the only
President to have served two non consecutive terms as president.
Cleveland in the face of a depression dealt with the Treasury
crises rather than business failures, farm mortgage foreclosures
and unemployment.
"If it takes the entire army and navy of the United States to
deliver a post card in Chicago,that card will be delivered." -
President Cleveland, sending troops to enforce an injunction
against railroad strikers. |
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Inaug. Addr. |
"Above all, I
know there is a Supreme Being who rules the affairs of men and
whose goodness and mercy have always followed the American
people, and I know He will not turn from us now if we humbly and
reverently seek His powerful aid." - Grover Cleveland,
Second Inaugural Address. |
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"Federal aid in such
cases encourages the expectation of paternal care on the part of
the Government and weakens the sturdiness of our national
character. . . . " - President Grover Cleveland, vetoing a bill
to distribute seed among drought-stricken farmers in
Texas.
"A man is known by the company he keeps, and also by the company
from which he is kept out." - President Grover Cleveland.
"Above all, tell the truth." - President Grover Cleveland. |
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Birth Death |
Cleveland was born in
Caldwell, Essex County, New Jersey on March 18, 1837.
He died in Princeton, Mercer County,
New Jersey on June 24,
1908. |
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Grover Cleveland
- White House History
Presidential Elections
Inauguration Speeches
Party Platforms |
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Executive Jumps -
G Washington
- J Adams -
T
Jefferson - J Madison -
J Monroe -
J Q
Adams - A Jackson -
- M Van Buren -
W
H Harrison - J Tyler -
J Polk -
Z Taylor -
M Fillmore -
F Pierce
- J Buchanan -
A
Lincoln - A Johnson -
- U S Grant -
R B Hayes
- J Garfield -
C
Arthur - G Cleveland -
B Harrison -
G
Cleveland - W McKinley -
T Roosevelt -
- W Taft
- W Wilson -
W Harding
- C Coolidge -
H
Hoover - F D Roosevelt -
H Truman -
D D Eisenhower
- J F Kennedy -
- L B Johnson -
R Nixon -
G Ford -
J Carter -
R Reagan -
G H W Bush
- B Clinton -
G W Bush
- BH Obama -
- Methodology -
TimeLine of the Presidency -
Inauguration Speeches
- Party Platforms
-
The Early Presidents
- Distinctions of the
Presidencies
Black
American Patriots -
President's Day -
Rhymes about the
Founding Fathers
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