One of nine children of a Presbyterian minister, was born in Cleveland, New Jersey in 1837. He grew up in upstate New York. As a lawyer in Buffalo, he was known for his single-minded focus on the task faced him.
At 44 he came to a political significance that it carried into the White House in three years. Running as a reformer, he was elected mayor of Buffalo in 1881, and later governor of New York.
Cleveland won the Presidency with the combined support of Democrats and Republicans reform, the "Mugwumps," the record of his opponent James G. Blaine of Maine unpopular.
A bachelor, Cleveland probably sick at first with the comfort of the White House. "I gotta go eat," he wrote to a friend, "but I wish it would be pickled herring a Swiss cheese and a chop at Louis' instead of the French stuff that I find that to eat." In June 1886 Cleveland married Frances Folsom, married 21 years, he was the only president in the White House.
Cleveland powerful policy unless special favors to an economic group. Veto a bill appropriate $ 10,000 to distribute seed to farmers affected by drought in Texas, he wrote: "Federal aid in such cases encourages the expectation of paternal care on the part of the government and weakens the sturdiness of our national character ...."
He also has many private pension bills to Civil War veterans whose claims were fraudulent placed his veto. When Congress under pressure from the Grand Army of the Republic, a law granting pensions for disabilities not caused by military service is over, Cleveland veto it.
He has angered the railroads by ordering an investigation of the western countries, they were to grant the government. He forced her back to 81 million hectares. He also signed the Interstate Commerce Act, the first law attempting Federal regulation of railroads.
In December 1887 he called on Congress to a high protective tariffs. Said he had the Republicans an effective issue for the campaign of 1888, he replied: "What is the use of his re-election and, unless you?" But Cleveland was defeated in 1888, although he won a larger majority of the people as the Republican candidate Benjamin Harrison, he received fewer electoral votes.
Was re-elected in 1892, Cleveland faced an acute depression. He dealt directly with the Treasury crisis instead of bankruptcies, farm mortgage bankruptcies and unemployment. He received the repeal of the Sherman Silver Purchase Act inflationary light and with the help of Wall Street, the Treasury held gold reserves.
When railroad strikers in Chicago ban violated, Cleveland sent Federal troops to enforce. "If the whole army and navy of the United States, needed to deliver a ticket in Chicago," he thundered, "this card will be made available."
Cleveland's blunt treatment of the railroad strikers stirred the pride of many Americans. Even the powerful way he forced Great Britain to accept arbitration of a disputed boundary in Venezuela. But his policies during the depression were generally unpopular. His party deserted him and nominated William Jennings Bryan in 1896.
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