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Hey people. I am Jetslc. You can call me Jon or Jonathan. In school I am doing a report about Grover Cleveland. I will be posting facts. Each week there will be a president of the week.

Birth
March 18, 1837
Death
June 24, 1908
Home State
New York
Party
Democrat
Terms In Office
1885-1889
1893-1897
Vice Presidents
Thomas A. Hendricks
Adlai E. Stevenson
Significant Acts
Signed the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887, which established federal regulation of railroads.
Preserved the country's gold standard in 1893 by spearheading the repeal of the Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890.
Crushed the Pullman railroad strike of 1894 and prevented interruption of mail service by sending in federal troops.
Prompted the settlement of the Venezuela crisis, a border dispute between British Guiana and Venezuela resolved in 1895.
Career
1871-1873 Served as sheriff of Erie County, New York.
1882 Served as mayor of Buffalo, New York.
1883-1885 Served as governor of New York.
1885-1889 President of the United States.
1888 Defeated by Benjamin Harrison in presidential election.
1893-1897 President of the United States.
Did You Know
Cleveland paid a Polish immigrant $150 to serve in his place in the American Civil War.
Cleveland was the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms.
As sheriff in Buffalo, New York, Cleveland personally carried out the execution of two criminals.
Cleveland underwent a secret operation aboard a yacht to remove his cancerous upper jaw in 1893.
Twenty-Second President -1885-1889Twenty-Fourth President - 1893-1897 Place of Birth - March 18, 1837 in Caldwell, New JerseyPolitical Party - DemocratVice President / Vice Presidents - Thomas A HendricksReligion - PresbyterianName of Wife - Grover Cleveland was married to Frances Folsom Career of Grover Cleveland - Politician, StatesmanSheriff of Erie County, NY, 1870-73 Mayor of Buffalo, NY, 1882 Governor of New York, 1883-85 Place of Death - Grover Cleveland died June 24, 1908 in his home in Princeton, New Jersey