Grover Cleveland: The First President Of The United States

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Grover Cleveland was the United States’ first president to serve two separate presidential terms. During these two terms, Cleveland helped bring back a balance between the executive and legislative branches of government, and used his executive power veto many laws that he felt would not better America in the long run.
On March 18, 1837 in Caldwell, New Jersey, Stephen Grover Cleveland was born to Ann Neal and Richard Falley Cleveland, and was the fifth born of their nine children. He lived in a few small towns in central New York where his father ministered until the passing of his father when Grover was only sixteen years old.
Cleveland became destined for office once his life unexpectedly took a turn in a better direction. After his father died, Cleveland had to leave school and his dreams of attending college behind him, in order to help support his family during this difficult time. He had two jobs, working as a teacher at a school for the blind, and the other as a clerk at a law firm in Buffalo, New York. It was at the firm that Cleveland learned and picked up enough informatio...

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