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Stephen Grover Cleveland
b. 18 Mar 1837, Caldwell, New Jersey
d. 24 Jun 1908, Princeton, New Jersey |
| Title: |
President of the United States |
| Term: |
4 Mar 1885 - 4 Mar 1889 |
| Chronology: |
11 Feb 1885,
the election to the office of the President of the United States is declared upon the ascertainment and counting of the electoral vote (cast 3 Dec 1884),
joint session of the Senate and the House of Representatives, House Chamber, U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. [1] |
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4 Mar 1885,
commencement of term |
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4 Mar 1885,
took the oath of office as the President of the United States, inaugural ceremony as part of the special session of the Senate, East Portico, U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. [2] |
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4 Mar 1889,
expiration of term |
| Term: |
4 Mar 1893 - 4 Mar 1897 |
| Chronology: |
8 Feb 1893,
the election to the office of the President of the United States is declared upon the ascertainment and counting of the electoral vote (cast 9 Jan 1893),
joint session of the Senate and the House of Representatives, House Chamber, U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. [3] |
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4 Mar 1893,
commencement of term |
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4 Mar 1893,
took the oath of office as the President of the United States, inaugural ceremony as part of the special session of the Senate, East Portico, U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. [4] |
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4 Mar 1897,
expiration of term |
| Biography: |
| Born in the family of a Presbyterian minister; attended Fayetteville Academy (1848-1849, 1852-1853), Clinton Liberal Institute (1850-1851); received no higher education; clerk in a store at Clinton, New York; assistant teacher in the Gotham's New York Institute for the Blind (1853-1854); began studying law with Rogers, Bowen & Rogers, Buffalo, New York (1855); admitted to the bar (1859); managing clerk in Rogers, Bowen & Rogers (1859); unable himself to enlist in the army during the Civil War, he borrowed money and sent a substitute to the war; Ward Supervisor in Buffalo (1862), Assistant District Attorney for Erie County, New York (1863-1865); unsuccessful candidate for District Attorney (1865), was defeated by a Republican candidate; became the law partner of Isaac V. Vanderpool, and in 1869 became a member of the firm of Lanning, Cleveland & Folsom; continued a successful practice until he was elected sheriff of Erie County, New York (1870-1874); was a partner in Bass, Cleveland & Bissell (1874-1882); elected mayor of Buffalo (2 Jan 1882 - 20 Nov 1882); resigned to accept the election as Governor of the State of New York (1 Jan 1883 - 6 Jan 1885); was elected President of the United States (4 Mar 1885 - 4 Mar 1889) on the Democratic ticket; unsuccessful presidential candidate (1888); practiced law in New York (1889-1893); again elected (1892) President of the United States; retired from politics after the expiration of second term as president (1897); lecturer in public affairs and trustee of Princeton University (1901-1908). |
| Biographical sources: Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents (1903), vol. 8-9. |
| Elections: |
| Candidate |
Electoral vote (3 Dec 1884) |
| Stephen Grover Cleveland |
219 |
| James Gillespie Blaine |
182 |
| total number of electors appointed |
401 |
| number of votes for a majority |
201 |
| Candidate |
Electoral vote (9 Jan 1893) |
| Stephen Grover Cleveland |
277 |
| Benjamin Harrison |
145 |
| James Baird Weaver |
22 |
| total number of electors appointed |
444 |
| number of votes for a majority |
223 |
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| Source of electoral results: Congressional Record, 48th Congress, 2nd Session, 1532; Congressional Record, 52nd Congress, 2nd Session, 1340. |
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| [1] |
Congressional Record, 48th Congress, 2nd Session, 1532-1533. |
| [2] |
Congressional Record, 49th Congress, Special Session of the Senate, 1-3 (swearing-in was omitted from official account of the session; inofficial detailed report is found in The New-York Times, New-York, Thursday, March 5, 1885, vol. XXXIV, No. 10,453, pp. 1-2). |
| [3] |
Congressional Record, 52nd Congress, 2nd Session, 1340-1341. |
| [4] |
Congressional Record, 53rd Congress, Special Session of the Senate, 1-4 (swearing-in was omitted from official account of the session; inofficial detailed report is found in The New-York Times, New-York, Sunday, March 5, 1893, vol. XLII, No. 12,957, pp. 1-2). |
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Image: photograph (1888). |
