The Only President to Be Voted Out of Office Then 4 Years Later Ran for President Again and Won

GROVER CLEVELAND
22nd & 24th President of the United States, 1885-1889 & 1893-1897

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Grover Cleveland Birthplace
New Jersey

Room where Grover Cleveland was built-in Jonathan Carlucci Sectionalisation of Parks and Forestry

Born in this pocket-size business firm in Caldwell, New Jersey on March 18, 1837, Stephen Grover Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th president of the U.s., the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms.  The house was the residence of the government minister at the local Presbyterian Church building.  Built in 1832, the "Manse," every bit it was known, consisted of a two-story frame main department with a i-story kitchen on the east side and a one-story lean-to at the rear.  Simple Federal and Greek Revival details add a touch of sophistication to a simple vernacular edifice.  The large Cleveland family lived here from 1834 to 1841.  Cleveland began his political career in western New York and rose quickly from mayor of Buffalo in 1881 to president of the United States in 1885.  Defeated by Republican Benjamin Harrison in 1888, he easily won reelection in 1892.  The Democrats did not re-nominate him in 1896; ultimately, he owed his defeat to the deep Low of 1893.

In 1841, Cleveland's father moved to a church in Fayetteville, New York, where young Grover (he rarely used his first proper noun) received his schooling.  At the age of thirteen, he went to work to assist family finances after his father became ill.  He abased his hopes of attending college when his father died in 1853.  He before long moved to Buffalo, where he worked briefly on his uncle's subcontract before entering a local police firm as an apprentice clerk.  In 1859, he passed the bar and opened his own police exercise.  He became a prominent lawyer and Autonomous politician.  Elected mayor of Buffalo in 1881, he soon adult a reputation as a reformer because of his opposition to corruption and patronage.  Every bit governor of New York from 1883 to 1884, he exhibited bipartisan independence.  He worked closely with Republican Assembly fellow member Theodore Roosevelt to pass municipal reform legislation that gained him national recognition, but angered New York Metropolis'southward powerful Tammany Hall Democratic organization.

Cleveland managed to go the Democratic presidential nominee in 1884 without Tammany support. The entrada was contentious and shut.  Cleveland won the popular vote by just one-quarter of one percentage, merely the electoral votes gave him a bulk of 219–182.  A pop main executive, President Cleveland failed at his offset try at reelection in 1888, but succeeded four years later.

Grover Cleveland artifacts on display Jonathan Carlucci Division of Parks and Forestry

The Presbyterian Church Manse is one of the two oldest houses in Caldwell.  The church enlarged the firm several times between 1848 and 1870.  Interest in preserving Cleveland's birthplace began when he was governor of New York and grew every bit his political career connected. The birthplace house start opened to the public in 1913.  The Country of New Bailiwick of jersey bought the house from the Cleveland Birthplace Memorial Association in 1934 and now operates it as a historic house museum. The Grover Cleveland Birthplace Land Historic Site is the only house museum in the land defended to the interpretation of President Cleveland'south life. It is the nation'due south leading repository of Cleveland artifacts and political memorabilia. Restored to their 1837 appearance when the Cleveland family lived in the house, the commencement flooring rooms offer a glimpse at the small-scale beginnings of the future president.  Among the artifacts on display from Cleveland'due south early years are his cradle and original family portraits.  An exhibition gallery reflects his later life.

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The Grover Cleveland Birthplace is located at 207 Bloomfield Ave., Caldwell, NJ. The Grover Cleveland Birthplace Land Historic Site is the only firm museum in the country defended to the interpretation of President Cleveland'due south life. It is the nation'due south leading repository of Cleveland artifacts and political memorabilia. It is open to the public free of charge. The birthplace is open year circular, Wednesday-Lord's day from 10:00am to noon and from 1:00pm to four:00pm. It is closed for all State and Federal holidays. For more information visit the New Bailiwick of jersey Division of Parks and Forestry Grover Cleveland Birthplace website or call 973-226-0001. The Grover Cleveland Birthplace has been documented past the National Park Service'south Historic American Buildings Survey.

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Source: https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/presidents/grover_cleveland_birthplace.html