History of North America

22nd and 24th Presidents of the United States Clover Cleveland

There are a large number of people who have served as President of the United States for two consecutive terms. However, Clover Greebrand is the only one who has served as president of the United States for the second term, not for the second consecutive term.

Cleveland before becoming president

Cleveland was born in 1837 in New Jersey as a child of a Presbyterian minister. His father was a traditional American with a British origin, and his mother was a family of Moses Cleveland, of the blood of German immigrants and the origin of the Ohio place name Cleveland.

The family then moved to New York, but lost their father in their early teens and grew up with a wealthy uncle.

Growing up, Cleveland worked for a law firm in New York, later passed the bar exam, served as an assistant district attorney and sheriff, and gradually gained fame and became the mayor of Buffalo, New York. He is politically a member of the Democratic Party and ran for the 1884 presidential election.

Republicans pointed out Cleveland's secret scandals and draft evasion, but Cleveland admitted without denying those allegations.

After the Ulysses Grant, Republican presidents continued, but successive Republican presidents were entrenched with industrial capitalists, whose insides were tainted with corruption, while they completely lost their support as they suppressed the labor movement of workers. Was there.

Around this time, a movement called "Magwamp" was flourishing in the United States, and the movement to criticize the corrupt Republican Party and recognize politics as a "noble act" was widespread throughout the United States. In addition, James Blaine, who ran for the Republican Party, was found to have a bond with an industrial capitalist and lost his support.

In such a trend, Cleveland's scandal did not matter at all, and Cleveland, who belonged to the Democratic Party, became the 22nd President of the United States.

22nd President of the United States

Cleveland as president was truly innocent based on traditional Protestant ethics. He may be called the Puritan President. In recognition of these aspects, he ran for the Democratic Party, gained support and became president, but in a sense he may have been too innocent.

He has vetoed bills and policies from Congress one after another, with more than 400. Considering that the total number of invocations of Vetou by successive presidents was about 200, it is clear how abnormal this number is.

Cleveland was the man who embarked on a "structural reform without sanctuary", addressing issues such as pensions for veterans, preferential treatment for some capitalists regarding railroad construction, and tariffs in favor of industrial capitalists.

However, this caused a backlash and eventually lost to Republican candidate Benjamin Harris in the next presidential election.

The 24th President of the United States

After retiring from the president, Cleveland returned to lawyer, but ran for the election to decide the 24th president.

The Republican Party, led by Benjamin Harris, once again politicized in favor of industrial capitalists, and when the McKinley Protective Tariff Act was passed and the average tariff rate was raised to the level of 49.5%, the opposition became stronger, and in the strike movement at the steel factory run by capitalist Carnegie. When the government came to Carnegie's side, the public's support suddenly turned to Cleveland, and he won the second prize.

Cleveland clarified the policy of anti-industrial capitalists, but a large-scale depression came due to the combination of agricultural problems, currency problems, and the slump in the railway industry. Finished popularity.

Cleveland after that

After his retirement, Cleveland lived on his own terms. He teaches at school, performs in various places, and writes. However, when President McKinley started the American-Spain War, he also engaged in political activities such as forming the American Anti-Imperialist Federation against American imperialism.

In 1908, Cleveland died. He was 71 years old.