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Grover Cleveland







Born: 1837 Death: 1908 (cause was a heart attack) Political Party: Democrat Years of Office: 1885-1889, 1893-1897 Political Career: Grover Cleveland was the first democrat elected after the Civil War, and also the only President to leave the White house and return for a second term 4 years later. He first worked as a lawyer in Buffalo, and he was known for his single-minded concentration on whatever task he worked on. He became a politician at age 44. First he was elected as the Mayor of Buffalo in 1881, then Governor of New York after. In June 1886, Cleveland married 21 year old Frances Folsom; Cleveland was the only President married in the white house. In his Presidential career, Cleveland pursued a policy against special favors towards any economic group. He would veto a bill that appropriated $10,000 to distribute seed grain among the drought-struck farmers in Texas. He would later veto private pension bills to Civil War veterans with fraudulent claims, and also veto a bill granting pensions to those with disabilities not cause by military service. He would go on to anger the railroads by ordering an investigation of western lands given by Government grants, and would force them to return a total of 81,000,000 acres. He would sign the Interstate Commerce Act. He would lose the election in 1888, but return to office in 1893. In his second term, Cleveland would repeal the Sherman silver Purchase Act, and would maintain the Treasury's gold reserve. He would also send Federal troops to stop Chicago railroad strikers. After his second term ended, he would retire, and would be in retirement until he died. Grover Cleveland really didn't do any political deeds of great notice while in office. Scandals: Before taking the Presidency, Cleveland was involved in a scandal that concerned his illegitimate son, who he fathered with a widow. media type="youtube" key="xmz36n9ryIo" width="560" height="315"

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