Grover Cleveland

Nonconsecutive term holder

Grover Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, the only president to serve non-consecutive terms (1885–1889 and 1893–1897).

A Democrat known for fiscal conservatism and opposition to political corruption, he remains a minor historical figure in popular memory despite this constitutional distinction.

biography

Buffalo

Western New York city

  • New YorkNortheastern metropolis and state
  • sheriffCounty's chief officer
  • lawyerLicensed legal representative

mayor · governor · Princeton · New Jersey · nonconsecutive · 22nd · 24th · obesity · cancer · surgery

presidency

White House

Official presidential residence

executive · term · Oval Office · succession · commander-in-chief · statecraft · governance · federal · legislation · policy

politics

election

Organized public voting

Benjamin Harrison · popular vote · electoral college · nomination · convention · platform · caucus · primary · incumbent · bipartisanship

reform

civil service

Government's administrative workforce

merit system · efficiency · integrity · oversight · modernization · regulation · fiscal responsibility · spoils system

veto

override

Cancel by authority

disapproval · executive power · reject · constitutional · authority · block · nullify · pocket veto

Opposites
political party affiliation in Gilded Age

Grover ClevelandBenjamin Harrison

Rutherford B. Hayes · James A. Garfield

reform vs. corruption stance

Grover ClevelandTammany Hall

Infamous Democratic political machine

machine politicians · spoils system · political corruption · Warren G. Harding

Family

land, grove, groves, Cleveland

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G