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Grover Cleveland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837 - June 24, 1908) was the 22nd (1885-1889) and 24th (1893-1897) President of the United States, and the only President to serve two non-consecutive terms. He was the only Democrat elected to the Presidency in the era of Republican political domination between 1860 and 1912, after the American Civil War. His admirers praise him for his bedrock honesty, independence, integrity, and commitment to the principles of classical liberalism. As a leader of the Bourbon Democrats, he opposed imperialism, taxes, corruption, patronage, subsidies and inflationary policies. ..." |
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No More Great Presidents, by Robert Higgs, Mises.org Daily Article, 19 Feb 2007
Related Topics: United States Presidents, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, War, George Washington
"Grover Cleveland ... kept the country at peace. He respected the Constitution, acknowledging that the national government has only a limited mission to perform and shaping his policies accordingly. He fought to lower tariffs; preserved the gold standard in its time of crisis; and restored order forcibly when hoodlums disturbed the peace on a wide front during the great railroad strike of 1894." |
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