Grover Cleveland Quotes


Well, do you want me to appoint another horse thief for you.


Context

When approached by a party official about an appointment:


Citations

Grover Cleveland, 1837-1908, 22nd & 24th President of the United States (Democrat, NY), Quoted in Boller, Presidential Anecdotes, Oxford University Press, 1981

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Grover Cleveland
Grover Cleveland
  • Born: March 18, 1837
  • Died: June 24, 1908
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: President

Stephen Grover Cleveland was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States from 1885 to 1889 and from 1893 to 1897. Cleveland is the only president in American history to serve two nonconsecutive terms in office. He won the popular vote for three presidential elections—in 1884, 1888, and 1892—and was one of two Democrats (followed by Woodrow Wilson in 1912) to be elected president during the era of Republican presidential domination dating from 1861 to 1933.