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**Grover Cleveland Bio.**
Born on March 18, 1837 in princeton, new jersey, Grover Cleveland was a historical president who lived to be seventy-two years old when he died June 24, 1908. After his second term of office, Cleveland retired to his home in Weston, New jersey. Cleveland was the fifth of nine children (five sons and four daughters). his father was a immigrant from England. this made cleveland a second-generation American. his family relocated to new york in 1850 so his father could find work. however, not long after arriving to new york, Cleveland's father became ill and died in 1853. Grover Cleveland picked up a variety of childhood hobbies. from baseball to kick ball with his siblings, Cleveland had a reputation given to him by his nieghbors as "full of fun and inclined to play pranks". cite: Wikipedia contributors. "Grover Cleveland." //Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia//. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 21 Apr. 2010. Web. 22 Apr. 2010

Grover Cleveland attended grammar school at the Fayetteville Academy. however, when his father died, Grover Cleveland left his schooling to support his large family. in 1855, financial complications forced him to move to Buffalo, New York to work with his uncle where he also studied law. Cleveland became mayor of Buffalo and eventually became governor of New York from 1883-1885. although Grover Cleveland never attended a college, he still found the wits to be the leader of this country for two non-consecutive terms (the only president to do so). //"The White House"//. Web. 23 Apr. 2010. <[]>.


 * [[image:http://www.shout.net/~bigred/GroverCleveland.jpg height="271" caption="Grover CLeveland posing for a camera man soon after taking office."]] ||
 * Grover CLeveland posing for a camera man soon after taking office. ||

//"It is better to be defeated standing for a high principle than to run by committing subterfuge." - Grover Cleveland//

Soon after taking office, Cleveland was faced with the task of filling all the government jobs for which the president had the power of appointment. These jobs were typically filled under the spoils system, but Cleveland announced that he would not fire any Republican who was doing his job well. He also used his appointment powers to reduce the number of federal employees, as many departments had become filled with political time-servers. Later in his term, as his fellow Democrats chafed at being excluded from the spoils, Cleveland began to replace more of the partisan Republican officeholders with Democrats. Cleveland also reformed other parts of the government. In 1887 he signed an act creating the Interstate Commerce Commission. He and Secretary of the Navy William C. Whitney undertook to modernize the navy and canceled construction contracts that had resulted in inferior ships Cleveland angered railroad investors by ordering an investigation of western lands they held by government grant. Secretary of the Interior Lucius Q.C. Lamar charged that the rights of way for this land must be returned to the public because the railroads failed to extend their lines according to agreements. The lands were forfeited, resulting in the return of approximately 81,000,000 acres. cite: "Grover Cleveland." 2010. Biography.com. 23 Apr 2010, 11:35 [].

Grover Cleveland never attended a college of any kind. He was also the only president to serve two terms in office that were non-consectutive. He died on June 24th, 1908 at age 71 of a fatal heart attack in his home in Princeton, New Jersey. He was also buried in Princeton. Cleveland married his wife when he was 49. His wife was 21. Cleveland's perfuse amount of vetoes lead the United States citizens to believe the government had limited power and it was solely Grover Cleveland who was complete control (this was false). cite: Apples for the Teacher, comp. "Grover Cleveland Facts and Trivia." 1999. Web. 23 Apr. 2010. >
 * Apples for the Teacher, comp. "Grover Cleveland Facts and Trivia." 1999. Web. 23 Apr. 2010..
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