22nd & 24th President of the United States
Grover Cleveland
“Uncle Jumbo”
- In office
- March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1889
- March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1897
- Party
- Democratic
- Home state
- New York
- Lived
- 1837–1908
- Days in office
- 2,922
- In order
- No. 22: after Chester A. Arthur, before Benjamin Harrison
- No. 24: after Benjamin Harrison, before William McKinley
- Vice presidents
- Thomas A. Hendricks, Adlai E. Stevenson
Key achievements & events
- Only president to serve two non-consecutive terms (until Donald Trump)
- Vetoed over 400 bills in his first term alone, more than all 21 predecessors combined
- Signed the Interstate Commerce Act (1887), the first federal regulation of railroads
- Faced the Panic of 1893 and sent troops to end the Pullman Strike (1894)
Remember: He married 21-year-old Frances Folsom in the White House in 1886, the only president married there.