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22nd and 24th President - Grover Cleveland
Born: March 18, 1837
Died: June 24, 1908

  • Personal
  • First Lady: Frances Cleveland
  • Children: 5
  • Education Level: No College
  • Profession: Clerk, Teacher, Lawyer
  • Public Service
  • Dates of Presidency: March 4, 1885 - March 4, 1889 and March 4, 1893 - March 4, 1897
  • # of Terms: 2
  • Vice President: Thomas Hendricks, Adalai Stevenson
  • Party: Democratic
  • Governor: New York (1883-1885)
  • Other Offices: Sheriff of Erie County (NY); Mayor of Buffalo (NY)
  • Did You Know?
  • He is the only president to have been elected to two non-consecutive terms.
  • During his term, the Statue of Liberty was unveiled in New York Harbor.
  • Labor discord and violence erupted during his term.
  • Upon leaving in 1889, his wife told the White House staff to take care of the furniture because they would be back. She was correct.
  • Did You Know?
  • He is the only president to have been elected to two non-consecutive terms.
  • During his term, the Statue of Liberty was unveiled in New York Harbor.
  • Labor discord and violence erupted during his term.
  • Upon leaving in 1889, his wife told the White House staff to take care of the furniture because they would be back. She was correct.
  • He was supposed to serve in the military but purchased a substitute to serve for him during the Civil War.
  • There was a 27 year age difference between Cleveland and his wife, Frances Folsom Cleveland. Their daughter, Esther, was the first child born in the White House.
  • As Sheriff of Erie County, it was his duty to execute two criminals: one for killling his mother, another for shooting a man over a card game. Both men were hung.
  • "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."
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The Peabody Award-winning series profiles the men who have served as chief executive of the United States. This website, created as a companion to C-SPAN's 20th anniversary television series, provides an in-depth look at each of the presidents, their lives, families and administrations.