GROVER CLEVELAND 1837 1908 TWENTY SECOND TWENTY FOURTH U.S PRESIDENT CLEVELAND GROVER 1837 1908 U.S GOV'T EXECUTIVE ELECTIONS AND POLITICS U.S GOVERNMENT AND CONSTITUTION GROVER CLEVELAND WAS BORN IN CALDWELL NEW JERSEY HE TRAINED AS A LAWYER AND BEGAN PRACTICING LAW IN BUFFALO NEW YORK IN 1859 HE WAS ELECTED MAYOR OF BUFFALO IN 1881 AND BECAME GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK IN 1882 IN 1884 HE BECAME THE FIRST DEMOCRAT TO BE ELECTED PRESIDENT DURING HIS FOUR YEAR TERM HE PROMOTED CHANGES IN THE CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM CLEVELAND SOUGHT RE ELECTION IN 1888 BUT LOST TO BENJAMIN HARRISON IN 1892 HOWEVER HE DEFEATED HARRISON AND WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT DURING THIS SECOND TERM HE OPPOSED CURRENCY INFLATION AND WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPEAL OF THE SHERMAN SILVER PURCHASE ACT OF 1890 WHICH HE BELIEVED HAD ADDED TO THAT INFLATION AT THE END OF HIS SECOND TERM HE RETIRED TO PRIVATE LIFE IN PRINCETON NEW JERSEY WHERE HE DIED IN 1908
