Grover Cleveland

Gr over Cleveland Stephen Grover Cleveland was born on March 18, 1837, in Caldwell, New Jersey. Clevelands capture was a minister, originally from Connecticut, and his mother was from Baltimore. He was the ? fth of nine children, meetd Stephen Grover, tho he did not use the name Stephen in his adult life. In 1841, his family moved to Fayetteville, New York where he spent most of his childhood. In 1850 Clevelands cause took a pastorate in Clinton, New York , and the family had to move to accommodate for his job. They moved once more in 1853 to Holland Patent, New York. Soon after the move Cleveland? s take past away. After the death of his father Cleveland dropped out of school to help support his family. A elder in his church offered to pay his college care if he promised to be a minister like his father, Cleveland declined, and instead decided to move West.On his way West, Cleveland halt by his uncles house in Buffalo, New York. While there he was given a clerical job at h is uncles police force ? rm. Cleveland uncle was an important person in New York, and he would introduce him to a lot of in? uential men there. Cleveland later took a clerkship with the ? rm, and then became a certi? ed lawyer. Leaving his uncle? s ? rm in 1962 to start his own ? m. He built a reputation for himself as being connected and dedication to hard work. Cleveland stayed out of politics until 1970, where he ran for sheriff of Erie County, which he win. After his two year barrier as sheriff he returned to the ? eld of law, opening law ? rm with his two fri closings. There he found himself at the top of Buffalos legal community. In 1881 the democratic party leaders approached Cleveland and asked him if he would like to run for mayor of Buffalo, he took of? ce January 2, 1882. His terminus as mayor gave him the reputation of being an mediocre politician, the reputation short spread beyond Erie County. As Cleveland? s reputation grew, the democratic party began to cons ider him a practicable candidate for governor. When the democratic convention could not decide between their two leading candidates Rosewell P. Flower, and Henry W. Slocum, Cleveland emerged as the compromise choice, and on January 1st 1883, he took of? ce winning the election by a landslide. Clevelands blunt, honest ways as governor won him popular acclaim. In 1884 Cleveland was seen as a leading rival for the professorshipial nominating speech. And due to failing health of other contenders he was nominated to be the democratic nominee for the 1884 election.While the popular vote was close, with Cleveland winning by just one-quarter of a percent, the electoral votes gave Cleveland a majority of 219182. And is verbalize in as electric chair of the United States on March 4th, 1885. Clevelands ? rst term was uneventful, only if was marked by ? rmness on his part to the principles which he deemed productive to the nation. He made large use of the veto agency upon bills passed by Congress. On June 2, 1886, Cleveland married Frances Folsom, in the Blue Room of the white house. He was the second president to be married in the White House. After his ? st term was up the democratic party renominated Cleveland, but he lost the election, receiving 168 electoral votes, to Benjamin Harrison? s 233 votes. Even though Cleveland had lost the electoral votes, he had won the popular vote by more then 100,000 votes. Cleveland retired to private life and resumed the practice of the law in New York. In 1892 Cleveland was nominated for president a third time in succession. He won receiving 277 electoral votes to Harrison? s 145 (22 were cast for James B. Weaver of Iowa, the candidate of the Peoples party). Clevelands second term included some important events.The most important was the repeal of the silver legislation, which had been a growing threaten for ? fteen years. Clevelands second term expired on the 4th of March 1897, and he then retired into private life. He was well respected, and constantly consulted on his knowledge. He was a trustee of Princeton University and Stafford Little lecturer on human beings affairs. And lived in New Jersey, until his death on the 24th of June 1908. Major Event During Administration Grover Cleveland? s ? rst term (1885-1889) was uneventful.Cleveland used his veto power sparingly. Vetoing 413 bills in his ? st term, more than two-thirds of which were private pension bills. Cleveland reduced taxation upon American citizens, due to the growing surplus of money in the United States Treasury. Cleveland was also a advocate of the obligation reform. He believed that the tariff should be reduced, this con? ict was never resolved in Cleveland? s 1885-1889 term, and would remain a problem for the upcoming elections. During his ? rst term, Cleveland appointed two justices to the supreme court. The ? rst, Lucius Q. C. Lamar in 1887, and the second Melville Fuller a few months later. Grover Cleveland? s second term (1893-1897) contained some notable events.The most important was the repeal of the silver legislation, this had been weirdy up for the past 15 years. People would turn their coin notes in for gold, instead of silver, causing a depletion of the United States gold reserve. Cleveland repealed the act to prevent the depletion of the countrys gold reserves. The problems for Cleveland didn? t stop there though. A strike began against the Pullman Company (manufacture of railroad cars) against low wages and long work hours, and by June 1894, 125,000 railroad workers were on strike, paralyzing the nations trade. Cleveland entangle that a federal solution was needed.So he sent federal troops to the rail centers to insure the vocation of the united states continued. Having reversed the silver legislation, Cleveland? s next goal was to reverse the effects of the McKinley tariff. The Wilson-Gorman Tariff proceeding was ? nally passed in 1894 after many another(prenominal) reforms by the h ouse, this slightly reduced the United States tariff rates, and imposed a 2% income tax. Cleveland was outraged with the ? nal bill and criticized it as disgraceful product of the control of the Senate. Still he believed it was an rise over the McKinley tariff and allowed it to become a law without his signature.Goals and Initiatives Election of 1884 Cleveland? s campaign for his 1884 election was centre mainly on the corruption in politics. His reputation as an opponent of corruption proved to be one of the Democrats strongest asset for the 1884 election. His opponent James G. Blaine was known to be a corrupt politician, he would corruptedly in? uenced legislation in favor of the success of companies , later pro? ting on the deal of bonds he owned in them. This level of corruption made some people crowd over to Cleveland? s side, because they were more concerned with morality than with party. Cleveland preached honesty and ef? iency in government. Even when Cleveland was char ged with fathering an illegitimate child, he immediately admitted the possibility of himself being the babies father.Election of 1888 Cleveland? s renomination in 1888, against Republican nominee, Benjamin Harrison, was focused mainly on the WilsonGorman Tariff Act. The republicans aggressively defended protective tariffs, where as Cleveland felt the tariff cost? s should be reduced. Cleveland was original that he would be able to pull another victory in this election, and even though he had won the popular vote 48. 6 percent to Harrison? s 47. percent he lost the electoral vote due to slightly losing in the major game changing states. Election of 1892 The election of 1892 was a rematch of the year before, with the democrats nominating Grover Cleveland, and the republicans nominating Benjamin Harrison.Additionally, a third party had emerged on the scene the Peoples Party, they had given their nomination to James B. Weaver of Iowa. This election was according to Cleveland biogr apher Allan Nevins, the cleanest, quietest, and most creditable in the memory of the post-war generation this was mostly due to the fact that Harrison? wife was dying of tuberculosis. Harrison did not personally campaign, and Cleveland followed suit out of sympathy to his political rival as not to use Mrs. Harrisons illness to his advantage. The issue on tariffs had worked to the republicans advantage the election before, but over the past four years the price of imported good had gotten higher and higher. So many voters who sided with Harrison the year before had turned their views to either Cleveland or Weaver of the People? s Party. In the end Cleveland won by wide margins in both the popular and electoral votes, and was elected the 24th president of the United States.Achievements Grover Cleveland had many achievements during his presidential career. He stopped the abandonment of the gold standard, saved land from hullo and to this day is the only president to serve two non-co nsecutive terms. Cleveland had earned the trust of the people due to his struggles to use up corruption from the political system. He is also one of the eight presidents of the United States to be printed on a bill (Paper Currency, $1,000 Bill) Evaluation Grover Cleveland seem? s to be the perfect politician. He was honest, fair, and experienced. I am not the only one who thought so as well.In the three times Cleveland had run for president, he had won the popular vote every time. The choices he made seemed to be very smart and evoked teeny hostile actions from the people of the United States.Bibliography American PresidentReference Resource Campaigns and Elections. Millercenter. org. The Miller Center, n. d. Web. 22 Oct. 2012. . American President. Millercenter. org. The Miller Center, n. d. Web. 22 Oct. 2012. . Grover Cleveland. Www. nndb. com. N. p. , n. d. Web. 22 Oct. 2012. . Presidents On All US Dollar Bills, Presidents On Money. Www. marshu. com. N. p. , n. d. Web. 22 Oct. 2012. .