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    Grover Cleveland

    President of the United States (1885–1889, 1893–1897)

    "President Cleveland" redirects here. For ships named after him, see SS President Cleveland.

    Grover Cleveland

    Portrait, 1892

    In office
    March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1897
    Vice PresidentAdlai Stevenson I
    Preceded byBenjamin Harrison
    Succeeded byWilliam McKinley
    In office
    March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1889
    Vice President
    Preceded byChester A. Arthur
    Succeeded byBenjamin Harrison
    In office
    January 1, 1883 – January 6, 1885
    LieutenantDavid B. Hill
    Preceded byAlonzo B. Cornell
    Succeeded byDavid B. Hill
    In office
    January 2, 1882 – November 20, 1882
    Preceded byAlexander Brush
    Succeeded byMarcus M. Drake
    In office
    January 1, 1871 – December 31, 1873
    Preceded byCharles Darcy
    Succeeded byJohn B. Weber
    Born

    Stephen Grover Cleveland


    (1837-03-18)March 18, 1837
    Caldwell, New Jerse

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    ROAD TO THE WHITE HOUSE

    One of nine children of a Presbyterian minister and his wife, Stephen Grover Cleveland was born in Caldwell, New Jersey, on March 18,1837, and raised in upstate New York. He grew to an imposing appearance; nearly six feet tall and almost three hundred pounds, he was distinguished by a bulldog set of the jaw, piercing eyes, large mustache, and black business attire. He earned the nickname "Ugly Honest" for his tough look and his integrity. Admitted to the bar in 1859, he held a variety of positions before entering politics. In an era of "robber barons," burgeoning trusts, railroad empires, discontented farmers, labor unrest, and the birth of unions, he was determined to make things better. While rising to a political prominence that would sweep him into the White House, he served as sheriff of Erie County, New York (1871–74); mayor of Buffalo (1881); and governor of the state of New York (1882–85). In 1884 Cleveland became the first Democrat elected to the pr

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    Cleveland remained in Buffalo where he practiced law and held the posts of Election Ward Supervisor, Assistant District Attorney, Sheriff of Erie County, and finally Mayor. His political fortunes continued to climb as he rose from Mayor of Buffalo (1882), to Governor of New York (1883), to President of the United States (1885) in a mere three and a half years.

    Throughout his political career, Cleveland became known for his honesty, fairness and nonpartisanship. As mayor, he vetoed a resolution that would have permitted unscrupulous awarding of city contracts. As governor, he vetoed a politically popular public transportation fare decrease and refused political spoils to party officials in Tammany Hall, headquarters of the Democratic Party in New York City.

    His presidency was no less contentious. He was a strong reformer and defender of anti-imperialism, tariff reform and the gold standard. He vetoed fraudulent pension claims by Civil War veterans, stating, “I have considered the p