Today in History: Grover Cleveland
Today in History–June 2–the Library of Congress features President Grover Cleveland, who married Frances Folsom in a White House ceremony on this date in 1886. A lawyer, Cleveland began his political career as mayor of Buffalo, New York, becoming governor of the state the following year and President of the United States just a few years later in 1885. He won the popular vote in the 1888 presidential election but failed to win a majority of the electoral college, thus losing the office to Benjamin Harrison. Four years later, though, he returned to the White House for another term. Find out more by visiting the Today in History section, then click the links below to access more stories and primary sources related to Grover Cleveland, the 22nd and 24th president of the United States.
Presidential election of 1884: primary source collection
Grover Cleveland 1885 presidential inauguration primary source set
Presidential election of 1892: primary source collection
Grover Cleveland 1893 presidential inauguration primary source set
Historical newspaper coverage
- Presidential election of 1884
- President Grover Cleveland wedding 1886 newspaper coverage
- Presidential election of 1892
- Sample newspaper articles: Cleveland presidencies
- President Cleveland and rumors of a Cancerous Growth (1893)
- More Grover Cleveland newspaper coverage
Grover Cleveland audio recordings
Grover Cleveland political cartoons
“Grover Cleveland” Bay State Monthly Volume 2, Issue 2, November 1884
Election Week Special:”The Dodger” and the Election of 1884 Folklife Today blog, November 3, 2016