Cleveland, Grover
twenty-second president of the United States, was born March 18, 1837, in Caldwell, N. J. In 1855 he entered law office in Buffalo as clerk, at four dollars a week, and was admitted to the bar in 1859. He was assistant district attorney of Erie county for three years, beginning January 1, 1863. In 1865 he was a candidate for district attorney, and was beaten. He was elected sheriff of Erie county in 1870 for three years. He was elected mayor of Buffalo in 1881 for the term beginning Jan. 1, 1882. In November, 1882, he was elected governor of New York by 192,854 plurality over Charles J. Folger, and took the oath of office Jan. 1, 1883. July 8, 1884, the democratic national convention met at Chicago. The rules required a twothirds vote to nominate. On the first ballot Grover Cleveland received 392 votes; Thomas F. Bayard, Delaware, 170; Allen G. Thurman, Ohio, 88; Samuel J.
Randall, Pennsylvania, 78; Joseph Mc- Donald, Indiana, 56; John G. Carlisle, Kentucky, 27; Roswell P. Flower, New York, 4; George Hoadly, Ohio, 3; Samuel J. Tilden, New York, 1, and Thomas A.
Hendricks, Indiana, 1 vote. The second vote stood: Cleveland, 683; Bayard, vote stood: 812; Hendricks, 4512; Thurman, 4; Randall, 4, and McDonald, 2. Cleveland's nomination made unanimous by Thomas A. Hendricks, of Indiana, who was then nominated for vice-president by acclamation. The election in November was very close, the popular vote being 4,911,017 for Cleveland and 4,848,334 for Blaine, giving Cleveland 62,683 plurality. In the state of New York the Cleveland electors carried the state by 1,047 plurality, giving him the 36 electoral votes of that state and a majority of 37 in the electoral college. He resigned as governor of New York Jan. 6, and was inaugurated President March 4, 1885. The democratic national convention met at St.
Louis June 5, 1888, and unanimously renominated Cleveland for president. Allen G. Thurman was nominated for vicepresident. They were beaten at the November election. Grover Cleveland was again elected to the presidency of the United States and served during 1893-97. was