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FULL NAME:
Stephen Grover Cleveland

BORN:
March 18, 1837;
Caldwell, New Jersey

DIED:
June 24, 1908 (age 71);
Princeton, New Jersey

SPOUSE:
Frances Folsom (m. 1886)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democrat

HIGHLIGHTS: 
1841:
Moved to Western New York State
1853-1854:
Teacher, New York Institute for the Blind, New York, NY
1871-1873:
Sheriff of Erie County, New York
1882:
Mayor of Buffalo, New York
1883-1885:
Governor of New York
1885-1889:
22nd President of the United States
1888:
Unsuccessful Candidate for Reelection,
Defeated by Benjamin Harrison
1893-1897:
24th President of the United States

FIRST LADIES:

ROSE CLEVELAND (SISTER/ ACTING FIRST LADY)
FRANCES CLEVELAND (WIFE/ FIRST LADY)

VICE PRESIDENTS:

THOMAS A. HENDRICKS (1885)
ADLAI E. STEVENSON (1893-1897)

RESOURCES:

BIOGRAPHIES:
White House
Library of Congress
Miller Center (UVA)
American Presidents: Life Portraits (C-SPAN)
Wikipedia

PAPERS:
Library of Congress
American Presidency Project (UCSB)
Addresses, State Papers, and Letters
Public Papers (Government Printing Office)
Public Papers (Governor of New York)
Public Papers (American Presidency Project)
Writings and Speeches

RECOMMENDED BOOKS:

A STUDY IN COURAGE (Vol.1) by Allan Nevins
A STUDY IN COURAGE (Vol. 2) by Allan Nevins
A STUDY IN CHARACTER by Alyn Brodsky 
A MAN OF IRON by Troy Senik

1884 ELECTION:

DEMOCRATS:
GROVER CLEVELAND (PRESIDENT)

THOMAS HENDRICKS (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 219 (54.6%)
Popular Vote: 4,915,586 (48.9%)

REPUBLICANS:
JAMES G. BLAINE (PRESIDENT)
JOHN LOGAN (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 182 (45.4%)

Popular Vote: 4,852,916 (48.2%)

1885 INAUGURATION:

President Grover Cleveland in the reviewing stand in front of the White House during his  first inauguration on March 4, 1885 (Library of Congress)

1885 Inaugural Address
Library of Congress 
Wikipedia

1888 ELECTION:

REPUBLICANS:
BENJAMIN HARRISON  (PRESIDENT)
LEVI MORTON (VICE PRESIDENT)

Electoral Vote: 233 (58.1%)
Popular Vote: 5,449,825 (47.8%)

DEMOCRATS:
GROVER CLEVELAND (PRESIDENT)
ALLEN THURMAN (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 168 (41.9%)

Popular Vote: 5,539,118 (48.6%)

1892 ELECTION:

DEMOCRATS:
GROVER CLEVELAND (PRESIDENT)
ADLAI E. STEVENSON (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 277 (62.4%)

Popular Vote: 5,554,617 (46.0%)

REPUBLICANS:
BENJAMIN HARRISON  (PRESIDENT)
WHITELAW REID (VICE PRESIDENT)

Electoral Vote: 145 (32.7%)
Popular Vote: 5,186,793 (43.0%)

POPULIST:
JAMES B. WEAVER (PRESIDENT)
JAMES FIELD (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 22 (5.0%)
Popular Vote:  1,029,357 (8.5%)

1893 INAUGURATION:

Grover Cleveland delivering his Second Inaugural Address at the U.S. Capitol on March 4, 1893 (Library of Congress)

1893 Address (Transcript)
Library of Congress (1893)
Joint Congressional Committee (1893)

CLEVELAND ADMINISTRATION:

President Grover Cleveland with his cabinet during his second term (Library of Congress)

SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE:
Norman J. Coleman (1889)
Julius S. Morton (1893–1897)

SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR:
Lucius Q. C. Lamar (1885–1888)
William F. Vilas (1888–1889)
Hoke Smith (1893–1896)
David R. Francis (1896–1897)

ATTORNEY GENERAL:
Augustus H. Garland (1885–1889)
Richard Olney (1893–1895)
Judson Harmon (1895–1897)

SECRETARY OF THE NAVY:
William C. Whitney (1885–1889)
Hilary A. Herbert (1893–1897)

POSTMASTER GENERAL:
William F. Vilas (1885–1888)
Donald M. Dickinson (1888–1889)
Wilson S. Bissell (1893–1895)
William L. Wilson (1895–1897)

SECRETARY OF STATE
Thomas F. Bayard (1885–1889)
Walter Q. Gresham (1893–1895)
Richard Olney (1895–1897)

SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY:
Daniel Manning (1885–1887)
Charles S. Fairchild (1887–1889)
John G. Carlisle (1893-1897)

SECRETARY OF WAR:
William C. Endicott (1885–1889)
Daniel S. Lamont (1893–1897)

SUPREME COURT NOMINEES:

The Supreme Court, February 1886. Seated, from left: Justices Horace Gray and Samuel F. Miller, Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite, and Justices Stephen J. Field and John Marshall Harlan; standing, from left: Justices William B. Woods, Joseph P. Bradley, Stanley Matthews, and Samuel Blatchford. (Photo Credit: George Loren Prince, Supreme Court Collection)

Melville W. Fuller (1888-1910)
Lucius Q.C. Lamar (1888-1893)
Edward D. White (1894-1921)
Rufus W. Peckham (1895-1909)
William B. Hornblower (Rejected by Senate)
Wheeler Hazard Peckham (Rejected by Senate)

CONGRESS:

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE:
John G. Carlisle (1883-1889)
Charles F. Crisp (1891-1895)
Thomas B. Reed (1895-1899)

HISTORIC SITES:

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Grover Cleveland’s birthplace in Caldwell, New Jersey.

Grover Cleveland Birthplace (New Jersey)
Grover Cleveland Home (New Jersey)

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