1. Today, March 18th, is the birthday of "Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837 June 24, 1908) was the 22nd and 24th President of the United States; as such, he is the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms ...and to be counted twice in the numbering of the presidents. He was the winner of the popular vote for president three times...and was one of the two Democrats elected to the presidency in the era of Republican political domination..." Grover Cleveland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
a. I have visited the small, simple homestead where Cleveland was born, at born at 207 Bloomfield Avenue, Caldwell, NJ. As his political career took him to Albany, he is considered one of the six Presidents from New York.
2. Among other firsts, he was the only President to have hanged a man, and the only President to have been married in the White House.
a. " His new wife was a beautiful young woman 27 years his junior named Frances Folsom. Frances was the daughter of a former law partner and Cleveland's legal ward; Cleveland had literally known her since she was born. When she was 11, Frances' father died and Cleveland became her legal guardian, remaining close friends with her mother. His pet name for Frances was Frank. Observers thought Cleveland would marry his friend's widow and were completely surprised when, instead, he married Frances as soon as she turned 21."
Grover Cleveland gets married in the White House ? History.com This Day in History ? 6/2/1886
3."His crusade for political reform and fiscal conservatism made him an icon for American conservatives of the era."
wikipedia, Op.Cit.
He exercised the veto (over 300 times) more times than had all previous Presidents combined (132 total).
4. Congress passed the 'Conscription Act of 1863 for purposes of fighting the Civil War. The bill required able-bodied men to serve...or to hire a substitute to serve in their stead. Cleveland hired a Polish immigrant, George Benninsky to serve for him, paying Benninsky $150.
5. In the United States, most states had moved to secret ballots soon after the presidential election of 1884. However, the last U.S. State in the Union to retire the practice of the oral ballot was the Commonwealth of Kentucky which did so in 1891. The Constitution for the State of West Virginia still allows voters to cast "open ballots"[5]. Therefore, the first President of the United States elected completely under the Australian ballot was president Grover Cleveland in 1892.
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6. This is why Grover Cleveland rises to the top in my estimation: he actually respected the Constitution, the only document that the people of this nation have agreed to be governed by.
" Cleveland was a stickler when it came to that Constitution and he set a hard standard for other Presidents to maintain....
In 1887, for example, several counties in Texas faced a long drought and some farmers lost their crops. Texas politicians helped cajole Congress into granting $10,000 worth of free seeds for these distressed farmers in Texas.
After the bill passed the Senate and House, Cleveland vetoed it, saying, 'I can find no warrant for such an appropriating in the Constitution,' Cleveland said. Such aid would 'destroy the partitions between proper subjects of Federal and local care and regulation.' He added, 'Federal aid, in such cases, encourages the expectations of paternal care on the part of the Government and weakens the sturdiness of our national character.'"
Cleveland believed the American people would not abandon its fellow citizens in the Lone Star state. Folsom noted Cleveland's response, "the friendliness and charity of our countrymen can always be relied upon to relieve their fellow citizens in misfortune."
Cleveland could not be more accurate in his predictions.
People not only gave, but did so at a level beyond the imagination of the Texas farmers and the politicians who represented them. Fellow Americans from all over the country gave gifts exceeding $100,000. That amount was more than ten times the amount Congress had tried to take from the taxpayers.
The Founding Fathers never saw a "charity" role for government, that perspective was validated in both word and deed by Cleveland's courageous veto and his belief in the American people.
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Federal aid, in such cases, encourages the expectations of paternal care on the part of the Government and weakens the sturdiness of our national character.'"
Notice how Cleveland's views were the exact opposite of those of Franklin Roosevelt, and Obama....
a. I have visited the small, simple homestead where Cleveland was born, at born at 207 Bloomfield Avenue, Caldwell, NJ. As his political career took him to Albany, he is considered one of the six Presidents from New York.
2. Among other firsts, he was the only President to have hanged a man, and the only President to have been married in the White House.
a. " His new wife was a beautiful young woman 27 years his junior named Frances Folsom. Frances was the daughter of a former law partner and Cleveland's legal ward; Cleveland had literally known her since she was born. When she was 11, Frances' father died and Cleveland became her legal guardian, remaining close friends with her mother. His pet name for Frances was Frank. Observers thought Cleveland would marry his friend's widow and were completely surprised when, instead, he married Frances as soon as she turned 21."
Grover Cleveland gets married in the White House ? History.com This Day in History ? 6/2/1886
3."His crusade for political reform and fiscal conservatism made him an icon for American conservatives of the era."
wikipedia, Op.Cit.
He exercised the veto (over 300 times) more times than had all previous Presidents combined (132 total).
4. Congress passed the 'Conscription Act of 1863 for purposes of fighting the Civil War. The bill required able-bodied men to serve...or to hire a substitute to serve in their stead. Cleveland hired a Polish immigrant, George Benninsky to serve for him, paying Benninsky $150.
5. In the United States, most states had moved to secret ballots soon after the presidential election of 1884. However, the last U.S. State in the Union to retire the practice of the oral ballot was the Commonwealth of Kentucky which did so in 1891. The Constitution for the State of West Virginia still allows voters to cast "open ballots"[5]. Therefore, the first President of the United States elected completely under the Australian ballot was president Grover Cleveland in 1892.
Who you voting for>Obama Or McCain? - Yahoo Answers
6. This is why Grover Cleveland rises to the top in my estimation: he actually respected the Constitution, the only document that the people of this nation have agreed to be governed by.
" Cleveland was a stickler when it came to that Constitution and he set a hard standard for other Presidents to maintain....
In 1887, for example, several counties in Texas faced a long drought and some farmers lost their crops. Texas politicians helped cajole Congress into granting $10,000 worth of free seeds for these distressed farmers in Texas.
After the bill passed the Senate and House, Cleveland vetoed it, saying, 'I can find no warrant for such an appropriating in the Constitution,' Cleveland said. Such aid would 'destroy the partitions between proper subjects of Federal and local care and regulation.' He added, 'Federal aid, in such cases, encourages the expectations of paternal care on the part of the Government and weakens the sturdiness of our national character.'"
Cleveland believed the American people would not abandon its fellow citizens in the Lone Star state. Folsom noted Cleveland's response, "the friendliness and charity of our countrymen can always be relied upon to relieve their fellow citizens in misfortune."
Cleveland could not be more accurate in his predictions.
People not only gave, but did so at a level beyond the imagination of the Texas farmers and the politicians who represented them. Fellow Americans from all over the country gave gifts exceeding $100,000. That amount was more than ten times the amount Congress had tried to take from the taxpayers.
The Founding Fathers never saw a "charity" role for government, that perspective was validated in both word and deed by Cleveland's courageous veto and his belief in the American people.
Hurricane Sandy, presidential candidates, and Grover Cleveland
Happy Birthday, Mr.President!
Federal aid, in such cases, encourages the expectations of paternal care on the part of the Government and weakens the sturdiness of our national character.'"
Notice how Cleveland's views were the exact opposite of those of Franklin Roosevelt, and Obama....
