Facts About Grover Cleveland

PresidencyGrover Cleveland, 22nd (March 4, 1885–March 4, 1889) & 24th (March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1897)
Political PartyNational Democratic Party
BornMarch 18, 1837, in Caldwell, New Jersey
DeathJune 24, 1908, in Princeton, New Jersey,
Cause of DeathHeart Attack
GravePrinceton Cemetery, Princeton, NJ
ParentsRichard Falley Cleveland > Ann Neal Cleveland
SpouseFrances Cleveland, (m. 1886–1908)
Children’sOscar Folsom Cleveland > Francis Cleveland > Ruth Cleveland > Richard Cleveland > Esther Cleveland

More About Grover 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.

See also:-

List of Presidents in the United States


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