Grover cleveland

Grover Cleveland timeline

  • birthday

    birthday
    March 18, 1837
    Caldwell, New Jersey
  • education

    education
    High school- Buffalo New York
    College- none wanted to go but he to work instead
  • Grover's dad dies

    Grover's dad dies
    Grover was 16
  • war experience

    war experience
    -did not fight in the war
    -needed to work for his family instead
  • Grover's mother dies

    Grover's mother dies
  • jobs before presidency

    jobs before presidency
    -mayor of Buffalo, NY *1882
    -governor of NY *1883
    -law clerk
  • Political Party

    Political Party
    -democrat
  • election date

    election date
    1885-1889 and 1893-1897
  • Cleveland inaugurated

    Cleveland inaugurated
    was the first democratic president after the war
  • Vice President Thomas Hendrick dies

     Vice President Thomas Hendrick dies
    Cleveland's VP dies
  • American Federation of Labor

    American Federation of Labor
    where- White House
    when- 1886
    why-to improve working conditions and have less hours and more pay
    who- Grover Cleveland and American with jobs
    what-happier employees
  • Presidential succession

    Presidential succession
    founded in 1886
    signed by Cleveland
    act specified that if a President and vice president, heads of executive departments would take their places
    at the white house
  • Cleveland vetoes military pensions

    Cleveland vetoes military pensions
    vetoes the first of several bills granting military pensions to Civil War
  • Grover accepts the Statue of Liberty

    Grover accepts the Statue of Liberty
    -gift from France
    -symbol of Alliance
    -placed in NYC
    -affected US and France
  • Marriage

    Marriage
    Married Frances Folsom Cleveland
    Only president to be married at the White House
  • Dawes Act

    Dawes Act
    -founded in 1887
    - divided tribal lands of Native Americans into individual sections and let Native Americans into American society.
    -Grover Cleveland signed it
    -affected natives
    -signed at White House
  • Cleveland vetoes Dependent Pension Bill

    Cleveland vetoes Dependent Pension Bill
    vetoes the Dependent Pension Bill, would have given a military pension to anyone serving a minimum of ninety days in war.
  • Cleveland vetoes Texas Seed Bill

    Cleveland vetoes Texas Seed Bill
    designed to provide relief to drought-stricken farmers thought oversteps powers of federal government
  • DNC nominates Cleveland

     DNC nominates Cleveland
    Cleveland accepts the Democratic nomination for President
  • birth of Ruth

    birth of Ruth
    Washington D.C.
  • Ester birth

    Ester birth
    Born in Washington D.C.
  • Cleveland inaugurated again

    Cleveland inaugurated again
    Cleveland is inaugurated, becoming the only President to serve two nonconsecutive terms.
  • Cleveland withdraws Hawaiian annexation treaty

    Cleveland withdraws Hawaiian annexation treaty
    withdrew the Hawaiian annexation treaty, signed before his inauguration. He took advice from a commissioner who reported proponents of annexation are planters
  • Grover is diagnose with oral cancer

    Grover is diagnose with oral cancer
    was at the roof of his mouth
  • birth of Marion

    birth of Marion
    born in Washington D.C.
  • birth of Richard

    birth of Richard
    born in Princeton, New Jersey.
  • Birth of Francis

    Birth of Francis
    Born in Princeton, New Jersey
  • Grover dies

    Grover dies
    died from a heart attack
    71 years old
  • Grover is buried

    Grover is buried
    buried in Princeton New Jersey
  • wife dies

    wife dies
    Cleveland had already passed