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Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) Grover Cleveland was elected the 22nd (1885-1889) and the 24th (1893-1897) President of the United States. He really never tried to do anything as far as falling into politics. “As a lawyer in Buffalo, he became notable for his single-minded concentration upon whatever task faced him.” Before his election in 1855 he moved to Buffalo to start training for the practice of law. Cleveland then was elected sheriff of Erie County in western New York in 1870. Later he was elected mayor of Buffalo, New York in 1881. Then after he was elected mayor, he was elected governor of New York State in 1882 (Bio in Context). “Cleveland retained the loyalty of his supporters, winning the election by the narrowest of margins” (Miller Center).
“Cleveland became governor in January 1883. He was so opposed to unnecessary government spending that he vetoed eight bills sent up by the legislature in his first two months in office. While Cleveland was popular with the voters, he made enemies within his own party, particularly the powerful Tammany Hall political machine in New York City. However, he won the respect
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One of Grover Cleveland’s speeches is the “First Annual Message”. Most of the speech stated “Contemplation of the grave and responsible functions assigned to the respective branches of the Government under the Constitution will disclose the partitions of power between our respective departments and their necessary independence, and also the need for the exercise of all the power intrusted to each in that spirit of comity and cooperation which is essential to the proper fulfillment of the patriotic obligations which rest upon us as faithful servants of the people. The jealous watchfulness of our constituencies, great and small, supplements their suffrages, and before the tribunal they establish every public servant should be

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