Cleveland, Grover

Cultural  

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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Example Sentences

“The steady drumbeat that inspired defendant to take up arms has not faded away,” Berman wrote in her ruling ordering Cleveland Grover Meredith Jr. to remain in custody.

From Seattle Times • May 29, 2021

Not long after, on June 24, 1908, a messenger came to him with a note from Mrs. Cleveland: "Grover Cleveland died at 8:40 a.m. today."

From Time Magazine Archive

Cleveland, Grover, elected governor of New York, 200;   nominated 1884, 209;   first term, 211;   nominated 1888, 214;   nominated 1892, 229;   second term, 240;   his cabinets, 302.

From A History of the Republican Party by Platt, George Washington

See Churches Cleveland, Grover, 421, 465, 482, 484, 489, 582 Clinton, Sir Henry, 119 Colorado, admission, 441 Combination.

From History of the United States by Beard, Charles A. (Charles Austin)

Cleveland, Grover, as President, 227, 275. extension of civil service by, 307.

From Government in the United States National, State and Local by Garner, James Wilford