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Cleveland, Grover

  1. A Democratic party political leader of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who was president from 1885 to 1889 and again from 1893 to 1897 — the only president ever to serve nonconsecutive terms. Cleveland's presidencies were marked by his fight against corruption in the federal government and by his efforts to solve national financial problems.


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Grover Cleveland defended restrictions on Chinese immigration.

His new book, A Secret Life: The Sex, Lies and Scandal of President Grover Cleveland, will be published August 1.

In the annals of illegitimate children born to powerful politicians, President Grover Cleveland must rank uppermost.

One of the greatest political sex scandals happened to Grover Cleveland.

Clemens immensely admired Grover Cleveland, also his young wife, and his visits to Washington were not infrequent.

This movement culminated in the election of Grover Cleveland in 1884 and in his election the second time in 1892.

Perhaps the finest thing in the career of Grover Cleveland was the influence which he exerted upon young men.

The Democrats were fortunate in their selection of Grover Cleveland as their standard bearer.

It was a poorly drawn measure, and the Governor, Grover Cleveland, was at first doubtful about signing it.

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