Grover Cleveland

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got married in 1886 to Frances Folsom. He was the
first President to get married in the White House. Reporters pried into every
detail of Grover Cleveland's life which he called "colossal impertinence".
Grover Cleveland had five children. Esther, his second daughter, was the first
and only child of a President to ever be born in the White House.

In 1884, Grover Cleveland's supporters suggested that he run for
President of the United States. His motto was "a public office is a public
trust". He was elected as the twenty-second President from 1885 until 1889. He
served for four years and then barely lost the next election to Benjamin
Harrison, even though he had the majority of the popular vote. In 1892, he was
persuaded to seek office again and he returned to Washington as the twenty-
fourth President in 1893 for four more years.

This President, called "Uncle Jumbo" by his relatives, was a hard-
working President. He liked to do much of the work himself instead of ...

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