An Honest President: The Life and Presidencies of Grover Cleveland
By:
Sign Up Now!
Already a Member? Log In
You must be logged into Bookshare to access this title.
Learn about membership options,
or view our freely available titles.
- Synopsis
- Today, Grover Cleveland is chiefly known as the only president to have been elected to two non-consecutive terms. But in his day, Cleveland was a renowned reformer and an enemy of political machines who joined forces with Theodore Roosevelt to fight powerful party bosses, a moralist who vetoed bills he considered blatant raids on the Treasury, and a vigorous defender of the Monroe Doctrine who resisted American imperialism. Cleveland's career in office was plagued by scandal and a gossip-mongering press. During his first presidential bid, he was persecuted for fathering a child out of wedlock, a charge Cleveland readily admitted. At the age of forty-nine, he married his twenty-one-year-old ward, though after the nation's initial surprise, she became the most popular first lady of her day. On his deathbed, Cleveland would sum up his career simply: ''I have tried so hard to do right.''
- Copyright:
- 2000
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 386 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780380977468
- Publisher:
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Date of Addition:
- 12/13/15
- Copyrighted By:
- H. Paul Jeffers
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Politics and Government
- Submitted By:
- Approval Queue Volunteer 4
- Proofread By:
- BookMouse
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.