Category Archives: Grover Cleveland

Presidents and Exes: Part III

Exes and Woes of the Nineteen-Teens Theodore: Fore and Aft It stands to reason that our youngest and most vigorous President would have strong relationships with his predecessors and successors. But by the time TR ascended to the Presidency in … Continue reading

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The Presidents and the Exes: Part II

Money, Corruption, Business, Reconstruction, Immigration… The thirty years leading to the Twentieth Century presented opportunities and problems our Founders would have never imagined! Railroads were crisscrossing the country in a week. Industry was booming. New inventions like electric light and … Continue reading

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A Home for the Great Lady & Me

Ulysses S. Grant was President when the country celebrated its centennial. The Birthday Bash A centennial celebration of anything is a momentous occasion. Therefore, when the USA was poised to celebrate its 100th anniversary, President Ulysses S. Grant was delighted … Continue reading

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General Grant’s Last Escort

Serving as a pallbearer is the most unselfish “good deed” someone can do for another. The deceased can never return the favor.  The Great General Ulysses S. Grant was not born to anything even remotely connected with fame or renown … Continue reading

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The Great White Jail

“The White House is the finest prison in the world.” Harry S Truman. The White House Paradox The White House, or the Executive Mansion, is undoubtedly the finest residence the country has to offer the President of the United States, … Continue reading

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President Benjamin Harrison: States Man

Benjamin Harrison is one of those post-Civil War presidents with a beard. A Little More About Ben For the knowledgeable, Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901) is generally remembered as the grandson of another President – General William Henry Harrison (1773-1841), who is … Continue reading

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Edward Porter Alexander. Soldier. Engineer. Gettysburg.

EPA: The Young and Handsome Edward Porter Alexander wanted to be a soldier from early youth. His well-to-do father, a successful Georgia planter, wanted him to be an engineer. When a family friend advised the senior Alexander that a West … Continue reading

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Frances Cleveland: Saturday

Frances Folsom Cleveland was only 21 when she became First Lady. The Young FLOTUS-To-Be Frances Folsom (1864-1947) was the total antithesis of her husband, sitting President Grover Cleveland. She was young (he was 49), slim and trim (he weighed in … Continue reading

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Grover Cleveland and the Abscessed Tooth Decision

Grover Cleveland always resented media intrusion. The Return of Cleveland Just about all historians rate Cleveland’s second go-round (1893-7) as far less successful than his first. Mr. and Mrs. C. returned to the White House with a baby and another … Continue reading

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Blaine, Burchard and Belshazzar: 1884

James G. Blaine was one of the more charismatic Republicans of the 19th Century. Blaine: A Brief Bio James Gillespie Blaine (1830-93) was Pennsylvania born and raised, but once married, moved to Maine. A sometime journalist, he purchased a newspaper … Continue reading

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