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=Stephen Grover Cleveland= Born March 18, 1837; Died June 24, 1908 Political Party- Democrat Vice Presidents:Thomas A Hendrick, Adlai E. Stevenson

Grover Cleveland was the first to do many things, including be elected in two non consecutive terms, effectively making him the only man to be counted twice when the presidents are counted. Also he was the first to get married while in office. He was the first and only democratic president in the republican domination between 1860- 1912. Many people praised his honesty and integrity, and he also did much good in office including many vetoes, and he did not support things like imperialism or the free coinage of silver. However there were many people that saw the controversy in his decisions even within his own party, it is for that and the vetoing of the texas spped bill that I award him a b--.

One of his main goals was to eliminate special favors to individual economic groups. He had the task to reform the government, he said he would not fire any republican who was doing his job well and that he would not appoint any democrat just for serving in his party. In 1887 he signed the Interstate Commerce Act. Also he took it upon himself to modernize the navy and to take the inferior ships and make them modern according to the standards of the time.

Cleveland and Congress did not have a very good relationship with congress as seen by his many vetoes of there proposed bills. Also the senate was in majority towards the republicans. He vetoed hundreds of private pension bills for veterans of the civil war, also he vetoed a bill for people disabled by things other then military service. Cleveland used the veto more often than any other president up until that time, proving the strains on his relationship with congress. One of his most famous vetoes was the veto of the texas speed bill. Texas due to drought was suffering loss in grain and seed, congress purposed to give 10,000 to them, Cleveland vetoed saying that it was not the duty of the gov to support the people, also that they should not worry about the suffering of individuals.

The best thing about Cleveland's presidency was his many vetoes of the pension bills purposed by congress and also his foreign affairs. Thanks to a strong foreign policy he forced Great Britain to back down in the Venezuela border disputes. Also by regulating the railroad union, he forced them to give back 81 million acres of land, and by signing the interstate commerce act started the first government regulation of industries, in this particular case the railroad industry.

The worst part about his presidency was his overuse of the Veto. He did veto some good things, like the many pensions, but he also vetoed things that should have gotten passed. Like the Texas speed bill which would have provided aid to a bleeding texas. Cleveland ruled that it was not the duty of the gov to support the people and vetoed the bill. Today the country would have been in outrage, imagine if we choose not to helpp New Orleans after Katrina.

Overall I think that Cleveland did a good job as president. He met the office of presidency and the country was hurting he did all that he could to fix it. He did do a lot of good, however he also did some bad. I would have to say that the country was better off after his presidency, after his terms were over the good that he did outweighed the bad.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grover_Cleveland http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/gc2224.html http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0760607.html http://millercenter.org/academic/americanpresident/cleveland