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Grover Cleveland US President

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: United States
  • Born: Mar 18, 1837
  • Died: Jun 24, 1908

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.

The United States is not a nation to which peace is a necessity. peace

Communism is a hateful thing, and a menace to peace and organized government. government & peace

Your every voter, as surely as your chief magistrate, exercises a public trust. politics & trust

Though the people support the government the government should not support the people. government

A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil. history

The lesson should be constantly enforced that though the people support the Government, Government should not support the people. government

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