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The Presidents
Grover Cleveland

The Twenty-Second President • 1885-1889

The Twenty-Fourth President • 1893-1897

Grover Cleveland

“The Law Man”


Biographical Facts

Birth: Caldwell, New Jersey, March 18, 1837

Ancestry: Irish-English

Father: Richard Falley Cleveland
Birth: Norwich, Conneticut, June 19, 1804
Death: Holland Patent, New York, October 1, 1853
Occupation: Minister

Mother: Ann Neal Cleveland
Birth: Baltimore, Maryland, February 4, 1806
Death: Holland Patent, New York, July 19, 1882

Brothers: William Neal Cleveland (1832-1907); Richard Cecil Cleveland (1835-1872); Lewis Fredrick Cleveland (1841-1872)

Sisters: Anna Neal Cleveland (1830-1909); Mary Allen Cleveland (1833-1914); Margaret Louise Cleveland (1838-1932); Susan Sophia Cleveland (1843-1938); Rose Cleveland (1846-1918)

Marriage: Washington, D.C., June 2, 1886
Wife: Frances Folsom Cleveland
Birth: Buffalo, New York, July 21, 1864
Death: October 29, 1947
Children: Ruth Cleveland (1891-1904); Esther Cleveland (1893-1980); Marion Cleveland (1895-1977); Richard Folsom Cleveland (1897-1974); Francis Grover Cleveland (1903-1995)

Religious Affiliation: Presbyterian

Education: Public Schools

Occupation Before Presidency: Lawyer

Prepresidential Offices: Erie County Assistant District Attorney; Sheriff of Erie County; Mayor of Buffalo; Governor of New York

Inauguration Age: 47

Occupation After Presidency: Lawyer

Death: New Jersey, June 24, 1908

Place of Burial: Princeton, New Jersey



 
First Administration

Inauguration: March 4, 1885; The Capitol, Washington, D.C.

Vice President: Thomas A. Hendricks

Secretary of State: Thomas F. Bayard

Secretary of the Treasury: Daniel Manning; Charles S. Fairchild (from April 1, 1887)

Secretary of War: William C. Endicott

Attorney General: Augustus H. Garland

Postmaster General: William F. Vilas; Don M. Dickinson

Secretary of the Navy: William C. Whitney

Secretary of the Interior: Lucius Q.C. Lamar; William F. Vilas (from January 16, 1888)

Secretary of Agriculture: Norman J. Colman

Supreme Court Appointments: Lucius Q. Lamar (1888); Melville W. Fuller, Chief Justice (1888)

Congress #49 (December 7, 1885-March 3, 1887):
Senate: 41 Republicans; 34 Democrats
House: 182 Democrats; 140 Republicans; 2 Others

Congress #50 (December 5, 1887-March 3, 1889):
Senate: 39 Republicans; 37 Democrats
House: 170 Democrats; 151 Republicans; 4 Others


Election of 1884
CandidatesElectoral Vote Popular Vote
Grover Cleveland
(Democratic)
219 4,874,621
James G. Blaine
(Republican)
182 4,850,293
Benjamin F. Butler
(Greenback)
none 175,096
John P. St. John
(Prohibition)
none 147,482



 
Second Administration

Inauguration: March 4, 1893; The Capitol, Washington, D.C.

Vice President: Adlai E. Stevenson

Secretary of State: Walter Q. Gresham; Richard Olney (from June 10, 1895)

Secretary of the Treasury: John G. Carlisle

Secretary of War: Daniel S. Lamont

Attorney General: Richard Olney; Judson Harmon (from June 11, 1895)

Postmaster General: Wilson S. Bissell; William L. Wilson (from April 4, 1895)

Secretary of the Navy: Hilary A. Herbert

Secretary of the Interior: Hoke Smith; David R. Francis (from September 4, 1896)

Secretary of Agriculture: Julius Sterling Morton

Supreme Court Appointments: Edward D. White (1894); Rufus W. Peckham (1895)

Congress #53 (August 7, 1893-March 3, 1895):
Senate: 44 Democrats; 38 Republicans; 3 Others
House: 220 Democrats; 126 Republicans; 10 Others

Congress #54 (December 2, 1895-March 3, 1897):
Senate: 44 Republicans; 39 Democrats; 5 Others
House: 246 Republicans; 104 Democrats; 7 Others

State Admitted: Utah (1896)


Election of 1892
CandidatesElectoral Vote Popular Vote
Grover Cleveland
(Democratic)
277 5,551,883
Benjamin Harrison
(Republican)
145 5,179,244
James B. Weaver
(Populist)
22 1,029,846
John Bidwell
(Prohibition)
none 264,133



 
 

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