Presidents of the United States of America
24 - Grover Cleveland
Personal Statistics:
Birth Date: March 18, 1837
Birthplace: Presbyterian manse, Caldwell, New Jersey
Father: Reverend Richard Falley Cleveland (1804-1853)
Mother: Ann Neal (1806-1882)
Height at Prime: 5 feet 11 inches
Physical Description: Massive build, bull neck, double chin, thin brown hair, blue eyes, fair skinned, mustache
Religion: Presbyterian
Wife: Frances Folsom (July 21, 1864 – October 29, 1947)
Marriage Date: June 2, 1886
Marriage Place: White House, Washington, District of Columbia (only president to marry in the White House)
Children:
-- Ruth Cleveland (October 3, 1891 – January 7, 1904)
-- Esther Cleveland Bosanquet (September 9, 1893 – June 25, 1980)
-- Marion Cleveland Dell Amen (July 7, 1895 –June 18, 1977)
-- Richard Folsom Cleveland (October 28, 1897 – January 10, 1974)
-- Francis Grover Cleveland (July 18, 1903 – November 8, 1995)
Death Date: June 24, 1908
Place of Death: His home, Princeton, New Jersey
Cause of Death: Heart failure, stroke or intestinal obstruction
Final Words: “I have tried so hard to do right.â€
Burial Place: Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, New Jersey
Professional Statistics:
Sheriff of Erie County, New York (1871-1873)
Mayor of Buffalo, New York (1882)
Governor of New York (1883-1885)
24th President of the United States (1893-1897)
Political Party: Democrat
His Vice President: Adlai Ewing Stevenson (1893-1897)
Events During Presidency:
Against the Annexation of Hawaii (1893)
Panic of 1893
Repeal of the Sherman Silver Purchase Act (1893)
Wilson-Gorman Act (1894)
Pullman Strike (1894)
Utah admitted to the Union (1896)