Grover Cleveland timeline

  • Grover Cleveland is born

    Grover Cleveland is born

    Stephen Grover Cleveland is born to Richard Falley Cleveland and Anne Neal Cleveland
  • He dropped out of college

    He dropped out of college

    He dropped out of collage to support his family after his dad died
  • Grover Cleveland is admitted to the bar

    Grover Cleveland is admitted to the bar

    at age 22 Grover Cleveland is admitted to the bar even though he dropped out of collage
  • Oscar Cleveland is born

    Oscar Cleveland is born

    He is Grover's first child
  • he is elected for mayor of buffalo city, NY

    he is elected for mayor of buffalo city, NY

    the buffalo city democratic committee tapped him to run for mayor
  • He becomes the governor of new york

    He becomes the governor of new york

    Grover Cleveland becomes the governor of new York
  • he is elected president

    he is elected president

    He is elected as the 22nd president
  • The Presidential succession Act is passed

    The Presidential succession Act is passed

    He signs the Presidential Succession Act which says if the president is not currently available the vice president and the heads of executive departments would succeed the presidency
  • The statue of liberty is accepted

    The statue of liberty is accepted

    He accepts the statue of liberty from the French
  • He gets married

    He gets married

    He marries 22 year old Francis Folsom
  • The Dawes Act is signed

    The Dawes Act is signed

    He signed the Dawes Act witch was meant to help natives but failed
  • He vetoes Texas seed act

    He vetoes Texas seed act

    The Texas seed act was designed to provide relief for the farmers during the drought.
  • Chinese exclusion Act is signed

    Chinese exclusion Act is signed

    He signs the Chinese exclusion Act witch restricts Chinese immigrants from getting to America
  • Grover Cleveland loses to Benjamin Harrison

    Grover Cleveland loses to Benjamin Harrison

    He lost the election to Benjamin Harrison
  • Grover Cleveland is elected again

    Grover Cleveland is elected again

    He gets elected again making him the 24th president and the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms
  • Gold reserves start to fall

    Gold reserves start to fall

    For the first time the U.S gold reserves fall below $100 million
  • The panic of 1893

    The panic of 1893

    After railroad company's in Philadelphia go bankrupt people start to panic
  • A cancerous growth is detected on the roof of Grover's mouth

    A cancerous growth is detected on the roof of Grover's mouth

    A cancer growth was spotted
  • Grover Cleveland's secret operation

    Grover Cleveland's secret operation

    He boards a yacht and comes off with his cancerous growth and a part if his jaw removed
  • Second child born

    Second child born

    Esther Cleveland is born in the white house
  • The Army of the Common wealth of Christ

    The Army of the Common wealth of Christ

    A rich quarry owner lead a 400 man army to Washington and demands that Grover alleviate all economic depression
  • The Pullman railway strikes begin

    The Pullman railway strikes begin

    In Pullman Illinois the Pullman railway company goes on strike
  • The Wilson Gorman tariff bill Becomes a law

    The Wilson Gorman tariff bill Becomes a law

    The Wilson Gorman tariff bill becomes a law without Cleveland signature
  • Eugene debs is sent to jail

    Eugene debs is sent to jail

    The leader of the Pullman railway strikes is sent to jail and the supreme court justifies his arrest and he is sent to jail
  • Utah becomes a state

    Utah becomes a state

    Utah becomes a state
  • William McKinley is nominated as the next president

    William McKinley is nominated as the next president

    Grover Cleveland still has some time left but not much
  • The gold democrats are formed

    The gold democrats are formed

    The gold democrats are unhappy with the upcoming president so they ask Grover Cleveland to run again but Cleveland turns them down
  • Vetoes illiteracy ban

    Vetoes illiteracy ban

    He vetoes a literacy ban that would prevent illiterate immigrants from entering America
  • Grover Cleveland's term ends

    Grover Cleveland's term ends

    Grover Cleveland loses to William McKinley in the 1897 election
  • Grover Cleveland dies

    Grover Cleveland dies

    He died in Princeton N.J