文档介绍：Grover Cleveland
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Grover Cleveland
22nd and 24th President of the United States
In office
March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1897
Vice President
Adlai Stevenson
Preceded by
Benjamin Harrison
eeded by
William McKinley
In office
March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1889
Thomas Hendricks
Preceded by
Chester Arthur
eeded by
Benjamin Harrison
28th Governor of New York
In office
January 1, 1883 – January 6, 1885
Lieutenant
David Hill
Preceded by
Alonzo Cornell
eeded by
David Hill
34th Mayor of Buffalo
In office
January 2, 1882 – November 20, 1882
Preceded by
Alexander Brush
eeded by
Marcus Drake
Personal details
Born
March 18, 1837
Caldwell, New Jersey, .
Died
June 24, 1908 (aged 71)
Princeton, New Jersey, .
Political party
Democratic Party
Spouse(s)
Frances Folsom
Children
Ruth
Esther
Marion
Richard
Francis
Profession
Lawyer
Religion
Presbyterianism
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Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837 – June 24, 1908) was the 22nd and 24th president of the United States. Cleveland is the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms (1885–1889 and 1893–1897) and therefore is the only individual 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 the only Democrat elected to the presidency in the era of Republican political domination that lasted from 1860 to 1912.
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 battles for political reform and fiscal conservatism made him an icon for American conservatives.[1] Cleveland won praise for his honesty, independence, integrity, mitment to the principles of classical liberalism.[2] As a reformer he relentlessly fought political corruption, patronage, and bossism. Disaster hit the nation a few months into his second term as