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Grover Cleveland

Grover Cleveland. Antonio Paterniti U.S. Civics period 1 Mr. Baumbach. 1885-1889. 1893-1897. Pre - Presidency. Born on March 18, 1837 in Caldwell, New Jersey. Started of as a lawyer. Sheriff of Erie County from 1870 – 1880. Elected mayor of Buffalo, NY. Elected governor of New York.

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Grover Cleveland

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  1. Grover Cleveland Antonio Paterniti U.S. Civics period 1 Mr. Baumbach 1885-1889 1893-1897

  2. Pre - Presidency • Born on March 18, 1837 in Caldwell, New Jersey. • Started of as a lawyer. • Sheriff of Erie County from 1870 – 1880. • Elected mayor of Buffalo, NY. • Elected governor of New York. • Ran for president as a Democrat in 1884.

  3. 1884 Election • Ran against Republican James Blaine of Maine. • Mugwumps despised the fact the Blaine was elected due to his previous railroad scandal as speaker of the house. • Blaine was attacked with black mail from Democrats. • Republicans lashed back at the Democrats by spreading how Cleveland put his child up for adoption.

  4. 1892 Election • Cleveland lost to Benjamin Harrison in the electoral college of the 1888 election because . • Cleveland was the only president who returned to the White House for a 2nd term defeating Harrison in the election of 1892.

  5. Depression • Passed the Interstate Commerce Act in 1887 establishing the ICC. • Cleveland asked Congress to repeal the Bland – Allison Act which treasury to buy silver. • Cleveland fought to lower tariffs. • Had the Sherman Silver Purchase Act repealed through threats of eliminating finical aid.

  6. Work Strikes • 1894 Jacob Coxey led an “industrial army” of protesters of limited paper money. Cleveland ordered the National Guard to end the protest. • George Pullman’s workers went a strike do to low pay and Cleveland ordered U.S. Marshalls to end the strike. • This events portrayed Cleveland as insensitive to the unemployed.

  7. Global Issues • Inherited the problem of Hawaii being taken as a U.S. territory from Harrison. Cleveland recalled the treaty suspecting that Hawi

  8. Cabinet Members • First Vice President was Thomas A. Hendricks. • Second Vice President was Adlai E. Stevenson.

  9. Bibliography • Hamilton, Neil A. "Cleveland, Grover." Presidents: A Biographical Dictionary. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2001. American History Online. Facts On File •  "Grover Cleveland." 15 Oct. 2007. Web. <http://svr225.stepx.com:3388/grover-cleveland>. • "Grover Cleveland." The White House. Web. <http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/g rovercleveland24>.

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