Grover Cleveland Biography
Stephen Grover Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th President of the United States; and, therefore was the only US president to serve two nonconsecutive terms and to be counted twice in the numbering of the presidents. He was the winner of the popular vote for president three times—in 1884, 1888, and 1892—and was one of the two Democrats elected to the presidency in the era of Republican political domination dating from 1861 to 1933.
Cleveland was the leader of the pro-business Bourbon Democrats who opposed high tariffs, Free Silver, inflation, imperialism, and subsidies to business, farmers, or veterans. His crusade for political reform and fiscal conservatism made him an icon for American conservatives of the era. Cleveland won praise for his honesty, self-reliance, integrity, and commitment to the principles of classical liberalism. He relentlessly fought political corruption, patronage and bossism. Indeed, as a reformer his prestige was so strong that the like-minded wing of the Republican Party, called "Mugwumps", largely bolted the GOP presidential ticket and swung to his support in the 1884 election. Source: Wikipedia
Biography Snapshot
- Name:
- Grover Cleveland
- Full Name:
- Stephen Grover Cleveland
- Nationality:
- United States of America
- Profession:
- Lawyer, Politician
- Ethnicity:
- Scottish American, Scotch-Irish American, White peop
- Religion:
- Presbyterianism
- Date of Birth:
- March 18, 1837
- Astrological Sign:
- Pisces
- Date of Death:
- June 24, 1908
- Age at Death:
- 71
- Cause of Death:
- Myocardial infarction
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