22) Grover Cleveland*

Stephen Grover Cleveland

22nd President

1837-1908

Democrat

He is the only man to have served two non-consecutive terms in office

He was an honest and hardworking President

Helped protect the value of gold currency

Birthplace: Caldwell, NJ

This house was built as the Manse for the Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Caldwell. Grover Cleveland was named for Stephen Grover, the pastor whose Church his father had recently taken over. He was born on March 18th, 1837.

Boyhood Home: Fayetteville, NY

In 1842, Grover Cleveland's family moved to New York.

Summer White House: Washington, D.C.

In 1797, Francis Scott Key's uncle, Philip Barton Key purchased this land. It is named "Woodley".

Home: Princeton, NJ

In 1892, Grover Cleveland and his family moved to Princeton after delivering a speech at Princeton University, (then known as The College of New Jersey), because they loved the city. This home is called "Westland".

Gravesite: Princeton, NJ

The story

After visiting Pierce's grave in August, we were not able to go to any others over the summer, and then school started again in September, so that stopped us for quite a while. Over Christmas break, we decided to go to New Jersey to visit Grover Cleveland's grave. We were deep in snow, and it took a while, but we arrived at the cemetery. After locating Cleveland's grave, we looked around for other famous people. We did locate Archibald Alexander and Aaron Burr, Jr., and then decided to leave, we again were caught in traffic. It was anonymous, it did not mention the presidency, (probably due to his unpopularity during the deppression in 1897).