Interesting Facts About Grover Cleveland

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Facts About Grover Cleveland

Presidency	Grover Cleveland, 22nd (March 4, 1885–March 4, 1889) & 24th (March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1897)
Political Party	National Democratic Party
Born	March 18, 1837, in Caldwell, New Jersey
Death	June 24, 1908, in Princeton, New Jersey,
Cause of Death	Heart Attack
Grave	Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, NJ
Parents	Richard Falley Cleveland > Ann Neal Cleveland
Spouse	Frances Cleveland, (m. 1886–1908)
Children’s	Oscar Folsom Cleveland > Francis Cleveland > Ruth Cleveland > Richard Cleveland > Esther Cleveland

Grover Cleveland worked as a teacher of the blind at the New York Institute for the Blind in Manhattan.
He avoided serving in the military during the Civil War because he paid a fee of $300 instead.
Grover became known as ‘Uncle Jumbo’ while serving as the governor of New York, between 1882 and 1884.
Grover was a bachelor when he became the 22nd United States President in 1885.
Grover liked to drink beer and smoke cigars and is known as one of the least healthy presidents for these reasons, and for the fact that he weighed more than 250 pounds.
He was known as a politician corruption and to believe in upholding the integrity of his positions in politics.