Grover Cleveland
Stephan Grover Cleveland is the fifth of nine children born to Reverend Richard Falley Cleveland and Ann Neal Cleveland. He was born on March 18th of 1837 in Caldwell, New Jersey, although he was raised in Fayetteville, New York. The actual house in which he was born still stands today on 207 Bloomfield Avenue. He was named in honor of Stephan Grover, a minister at a local Presbyterian Church who Reverend Cleveland had recently taken over for. Life as the
son of a minister was different than most boys. The Cleveland’s spent every evening at
home in prayer. Cleveland felt that this moral upbringing was his most valuable tool
in life.
Grover Cleveland visited an uncle in Buffalo, New York, and obtained a job in a law
firm. While working there, he studied law and by May of 1859, the New York Supreme
Court admitted him to the bar. Democratic politics had interested Cleveland since
his arrival in Buffalo, so he became the county’s assistant district attorney. In 1865,
Confederate General Robert E. Lee had surrendered his army to Union General Ulysses
S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. The Confederacy had collapsed and the
United States was reunited and slavery was abolished.
As the nation returned to peace, twenty-eight-year-old Cleveland won the demanding
position of sheriff. When his term ended in 1873, he returned to his infamous law
practice. On January 1,1882, Grover Cleveland took an oath to honor the city of
Buffalo as their mayor. Cleveland was tough and honest. He was known as the
“Veto Mayor,” because he continuously vetoed bills presented by corrupt politicians.
In November of 1882, by a landslide margin of nearly 200,000 votes, Grover
Cleveland became know as the “Veto Governor.” He understood the tremendous
challenge of being the Governor of the State of New York, but his principles and values
remained as strong as ever. The door to his office was always open, and he kept no secrets.
In two years’ time, Cleveland’s stubborn sense of fairness and honesty gave him
the nickname “His Obstinacy.” He passed bills to enlarge the state’s water supply
and established a 1.5 million-acre park at Niagara Falls. Due to his reputation, the
Democratic Party convinced him to run for president. On the second ballot, Cleveland
won the Democratic nomination. The Democrats chose Thomas Hendricks of Indiana, as
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...irectly with the Treasury crisis, instead
of with business failures, farm foreclosures, and increasing unemployment. On October 30,
1893, the Sherman Silver Purchase Act was repealed, and confidence was restored in the
American dollar.
In spite of Cleveland’s efforts, the national depression worsened, and the Democratic
Party was divided. When railroad strikers violated an injunction in Chicago, the
President sent Federal troops to break up the strike against the Pullman Company.
His blunt treatment of the railroad company was very unpopular. His party deserted
him and nominated William Jennings Bryan for president, in 1896.
At fifty-nine-years-old, Cleveland felt disgraced as he finished his term in the
White House. He retired peacefully in Princeton, New Jersey, but continued pressing
for government reforms. At the age of seventy-one, Grover Cleveland died on June 24,
1908. Americans were deeply saddened and mourned the passing of this heavy, robust.
man, who was so famous for his tremendous strength and energy. Grover Cleveland
will always be remembered as courageous, hardworking, and honest, in spite of
the outcome. He was a man of his word, a man of honor.
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President Rutherford B. Hayes former governor of Ohio was the 1876 presidential nominated for the Republican Party and he was chosen over the more dynamic Speaker of the House of Representative, James G. Blaine. Corruption in politics was widespread. Hayes was elected by a narrow margin of 185 electoral votes to 184 in a disputed election over the Democratic nominee Samuel Tilden, even though Tilden won the popular vote. The election was so contentious that some Democrats threatened to march on Washington and force the inauguration of Tilden; others wanted a filibuster to prevent the recording of the electoral vote and leave the country on March 4 with no president. The votes were recorded on March 02, 1877 after the 1877 Compromise.
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Stephen Grover Cleveland also known as“ Big Steve” was born in Cleveland, New Jersey on March 18, 1837. Cleveland was the fifth born out of nine children and raised by his parents most of his life. The religion he associated himself with was Presbyterian, due to his father being a Presbyterian minister. The family moved around quite a bit during his growing years. After his father died when he was 16, one of his uncle’s moved him away to live with him in Buffalo, NY where he would start his life as young man. Due to his father passing he was forced to drop out of school and find work. Cleveland ‘s uncle luckily found him a job at a local law firm, that job would change his life. Cleveland always wanted to become a lawyer but he knew that he had to go back to school. After going to a institute where he learned the in and outs of law, he passed his bar exam which would soon lead into the journey of politics.
tasks to other people. Mr. Cleveland often stayed up until 2 or 3 a.m. going
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Andrew Jackson rose from humble beginnings to become the seventh President of the United States in 1828. Jackson’s rise in popularity and power coincided with the prevailing rise of democracy in America. While President Jackson was one of the most influential presidents in history he remains one of the most controversial. During Jackson’s administration he supported the will of the people, however he neglected the minority and abused his power as president. President Andrew Jackson was appropriately designated as the “People’s President” as he personifies America’s conflicted history of democracy.
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