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President Stephen Grover Cleveland

President Stephen Grover Cleveland

Male 1837 - 1908  (71 years)  Submit Photo / DocumentSubmit Photo / Document    Has 86 ancestors and 5 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Stephen Grover Cleveland 
    Prefix President 
    Birth 18 Mar 1837  Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 24 Jun 1908  Princeton Cemetery, Mercer, New Jersey, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Initiatory (LDS) 22 May 1942  SLAKE Find all individuals with events at this location 
    FamilySearch ID LCJZ-3FN 
    Person ID I90796  mytree
    Last Modified 25 Feb 2024 

    Father Richard Falley Cleveland,   b. 19 Jun 1804, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Oct 1853, Holland Patent, Oneida, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years) 
    Mother Ann Neal,   b. 4 Feb 1806, Baltimore City, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jul 1882, Holland Patent, Oneida, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Marriage 10 Sep 1829  Baltimore City, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F30062  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Frances Clara Folsom,   b. 21 Jul 1864, Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Oct 1947, Baltimore City, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage 2 Jun 1886  White House, Washington, District of Columbia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Ruth Cleveland,   b. 3 Oct 1891, New York City, New York, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jan 1904, Washington, District of Columbia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 12 years)
     2. Esther Cleveland,   b. 9 Sep 1892, Washington, District of Columbia, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jun 1980, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
     3. Marion Cleveland,   b. 1895, Buzzards Bay, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Jun 1977 (Age 82 years)
     4. Richard Cleveland,   b. 1897, Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1974 (Age 77 years)
     5. Frances Grover Cleveland,   b. 1903, Buzzards Bay, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Nov 1995, Tamworth, Carroll, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years)
    Family ID F30064  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Sep 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 18 Mar 1837 - Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 2 Jun 1886 - White House, Washington, District of Columbia, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 24 Jun 1908 - Princeton Cemetery, Mercer, New Jersey, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsInitiatory (LDS) - 22 May 1942 - SLAKE Link to Google Earth
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    President Grover Cleveland
    President Grover Cleveland

  • Notes 
    • 22nd & 24th President of the United States.

      He was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 22nd and 24 t h president of the United States from 1885 to 1889 and from 1893 to 189 7 . Cleveland is the only president in American history to serve two nonc on secutive terms in office. He won the popular vote for three presidenti a l elections—in 1884, 1888, and 1892—and was one of two Democrats (follo we d by Woodrow Wilson in 1912) to be elected president during the era o f Re publican presidential domination dating from 1861 to 1933.

      In 1881, Cleveland was elected mayor of Buffalo and later, governor of N e w York. He was the leader of the pro-business Bourbon Democrats who opp os ed high tariffs, Free Silver, inflation, imperialism, and subsidies t o bu siness, farmers, or veterans. His crusade for political reform and f isca l conservatism made him an icon for American conservatives of the er a. Cl eveland won praise for his honesty, self-reliance, integrity, and c ommitm ent to the principles of classical liberalism. He fought politica l corrup tion, patronage, and bossism. As a reformer, Cleveland had suc h prestig e that the like-minded wing of the Republican Party, called "Mu gwumps", l argely bolted the GOP presidential ticket and swung to his sup port in th e 1884 election. As his second administration began, disaste r hit the nat ion when the Panic of 1893 produced a severe national depre ssion. It ruin ed his Democratic Party, opening the way for a Republica n landslide in 18 94 and for the agrarian and silverite seizure of the De mocratic Party i n 1896. The result was a political realignment that ende d the Third Part y System and launched the Fourth Party System and the Pr ogressive Era.

      Cleveland was a formidable policymaker, and he also drew corresponding c r iticism. His intervention in the Pullman Strike of 1894 to keep the rai lr oads moving angered labor unions nationwide in addition to the party i n I llinois; his support of the gold standard and opposition to Free Silv er a lienated the agrarian wing of the Democratic Party.[5] Critics compl aine d that Cleveland had little imagination and seemed overwhelmed by th e nat ion's economic disasters—depressions and strikes—in his second term . Eve n so, his reputation for probity and good character survived the tr ouble s of his second term. Biographer Allan Nevins wrote, "[I]n Grover C levela nd, the greatness lies in typical rather than unusual qualities. H e had n o endowments that thousands of men do not have. He possessed hone sty, cou rage, firmness, independence, and common sense. But he possesse d them t o a degree other men do not." By the end of his second term, pub lic perce ption showed him to be one of the most unpopular U.S. president s, and h e was by then rejected even by most Democrats. Today, Clevelan d is consid ered by most historians to have been a successful leader, an d has been pr aised for honesty, integrity, adherence to his morals and d efying party b oundaries, and effective leadership.