Grover Cleveland
Grover Cleveland was President from 1885-1889, losing the re-election, he ran again in 1893, winning, serving his second term until the year 1897. Grover is known for his very fiscal policy and for being an advocate for political reform. During the President’s second term, he had a lot of crises to handle; the Panic of 1893 and the 1894 Pullman Strike took their toll. The Cleveland family moved to Massachusetts from Cleveland, England in 1635, being one of the first families to move to the new world. Grover was known for his public speaking and persuasion.His biographer later wrote, “He possessed honesty, courage, firmness, independence, and common sense. But he possessed them to a degree other men do not”. Although he did not have a great second term, Grover Cleveland is still considered one of the better US presidents.
Grover Cleveland
Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant was a war hero, a commanding general of the Union Army during the Civil War, before becoming the 18th U.S. President. Grant went to the military academy, West Point, becoming well-known while serving in the Mexican-American War just a few years after graduating. Ulysses S. Grant was very well-liked by the public, mainly for excelling at international relations, for his high moral authority, public persuasion, and most notably for perusing equal justice for all. Grant took a strong stand against the KKK, and appointed both African Americans and Jewish Americans into office for the first time ever.
Ulysses S. Grant