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Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837 – June 24, 1908) was the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, serving from 1885 to 1889 and from 1893 to 1897. He was the first Democrat to win the presidency after the Civil War and was one of only two presidents to be elected to serve non-consecutive terms.
Arthur, himself in poor health by 1884, did not actively seek the Republican nomination which went to James G. Blaine, whom Arthur had retained as his Secretary of State. Blaine went on to lose a close election to Democrat Grover Cleveland. Memorial to President Garfield in the former train station.
Grover Cleveland was president of the United States first from March 4, 1885, to March 4, 1889, and then from March 4, 1893, to March 4, 1897. The first Democrat elected after the Civil War, Cleveland is one of only two U.S. presidents to leave office after one term and later be elected for a second term, [a] and the only one to date to have served two full non-consecutive terms.
While Abraham Lincoln was the third U.S. president to die in office, he was the first to be killed. He was shot by John Wilkes Booth on the night of April 14, 1865, and died the following morning. [ 5 ]
But Democrat Grover Cleveland is the only president to serve nonconsecutive terms, from 1885 to 1889 and from 1893 to 1897, according to the University of Virginia’s Miller Center, which ...
Grover Cleveland stands alone in American history as the only President to serve non-consecutive terms. On the anniversary of his birth, here’s a look at one of most fascinating White House ...
Charles Julius Guiteau (/ ɡ ɪ ˈ t oʊ / ghih-TOH; September 8, 1841 – June 30, 1882) was an American man who assassinated James A. Garfield, the 20th president of the United States, in 1881.
Grover Cleveland Credit - Library of Congress/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images. D onald Trump is often described as unprecedented, but in winning a non-consecutive second term—thus occupying two ...