{"slug": "grover-cleveland", "label": "Grover Cleveland", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grover_Cleveland", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35171", "qid": "Q35171", "description": "22nd & 24th President of the United States (1885–1889; 1893–1897)", "entries": 17, "years": 12, "span": [1837, 2024], "span_label": ["1837 CE", "2024 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 8}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 2}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": [], "related": [{"slug": "president-of-the-united-states", "label": "President of the United States", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "democratic-party-united-states", "label": "Democratic Party (United States)", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "republican-party-united-states", "label": "Republican Party (United States)", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "united-states", "label": "United States", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "white-house", "label": "White House", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "u-s-state", "label": "U.S. state", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "washington-state", "label": "Washington (state)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "montana", "label": "Montana", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "south-dakota", "label": "South Dakota", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "united-states-electoral-college", "label": "United States Electoral College", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "new-york-harbor", "label": "New York Harbor", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "donald-trump", "label": "Donald Trump", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1837, "year_label": "1837 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "March 18", "text": "March 18 – Grover Cleveland, 22nd and 24th President of the United States (d. 1908)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360323585#January–March", "title": "1837", "revid": 1360323585, "section": "Births › January–March"}}, {"year": 1883, "year_label": "1883 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "April 30", "text": "April 30 – New York Governor Grover Cleveland signs a bill authorizing protection of land for Niagara Falls State Park, which would eventually lead to the Niagara Reservation being established two years later in 1885.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353069908#April–June", "title": "1883 in the United States", "revid": 1353069908, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1884, "year_label": "1884 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 4", "text": "November 4 – 1884 United States presidential election: Democratic governor of New York Grover Cleveland defeats Republican James G. Blaine in a very close contest, to win the first of his non-consecutive terms.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364372487#November", "title": "1884", "revid": 1364372487, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1886, "year_label": "1886 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "June 2", "text": "June 2 – U.S. President Grover Cleveland marries Frances Folsom in the White House (Washington, D.C.), becoming the only President of the United States to wed in the executive mansion. She is 27 years his junior.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372679431#June", "title": "1886", "revid": 1372679431, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1886, "year_label": "1886 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "October 28", "text": "October 28 – U.S. President Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty, a gift from France, in New York Harbor. The ensuing spontaneous celebration in New York City leads to the first ticker tape parade.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372679431#October", "title": "1886", "revid": 1372679431, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1887, "year_label": "1887 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "February 4", "text": "February 4 – The Interstate Commerce Act of 1887, passed by the 49th United States Congress, is signed into law by President Grover Cleveland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363052310#February", "title": "1887", "revid": 1363052310, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1888, "year_label": "1888 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "September 8", "text": "September 8 – In a letter accepting renomination as President of the United States, Grover Cleveland declares the Chinese \"impossible of assimilation with our people and dangerous to our peace and welfare\".", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372679419#September", "title": "1888", "revid": 1372679419, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1888, "year_label": "1888 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 6", "text": "November 6 – 1888 United States presidential election: Democratic Party incumbent Grover Cleveland wins the popular vote, but loses the Electoral College vote to Republican challenger Benjamin Harrison, therefore losing the election.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372679419#November", "title": "1888", "revid": 1372679419, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1889, "year_label": "1889 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "January 4", "text": "January 4 – An Act to Regulate Appointments in the Marine Hospital Service of the United States is signed by President Grover Cleveland. It establishes a Commissioned Corps of officers, as a predecessor to the modern-day U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367594292#January", "title": "1889", "revid": 1367594292, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1889, "year_label": "1889 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 22", "text": "February 22 – President Grover Cleveland signs the Enabling Act of 1889, admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367594292#February", "title": "1889", "revid": 1367594292, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1892, "year_label": "1892 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 8", "text": "November 8 – 1892 United States presidential election: Grover Cleveland is elected over Benjamin Harrison and James B. Weaver, to win the second of his non-consecutive terms.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372569087#November", "title": "1892", "revid": 1372569087, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1893, "year_label": "1893 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "July 1", "text": "July 1 – U.S. President Grover Cleveland is operated on in secret.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369946190#July", "title": "1893", "revid": 1369946190, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1893, "year_label": "1893 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "July 1", "text": "July 1 – U.S. President Grover Cleveland has a secret operation to remove cancer in his mouth.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353498200#July–December", "title": "1893 in the United States", "revid": 1353498200, "section": "Events › July–December"}}, {"year": 1895, "year_label": "1895 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 20", "text": "February 20 – Venezuelan crisis of 1895: U.S. President Grover Cleveland signs into law a bill resulting from the proposition of House Resolution 252, by William Lindsay Scruggs and Congressman Leonidas Livingston, to the third session of the 53rd Congress of the United States of America. The bill recommends that Venezuela and Great Britain settle their dispute by arbitration.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364324653#February", "title": "1895", "revid": 1364324653, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1895, "year_label": "1895 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 22", "text": "February 22 - Venezuela Crisis of 1895: United States President Grover Cleveland signs into law U.S. House Resolution 252, recommending Venezuela and the United Kingdom settle the dispute by arbitration.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1274618743#Events", "title": "1895 in Venezuela", "revid": 1274618743, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1908, "year_label": "1908 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 24", "text": "June 24 – Grover Cleveland, 22nd and 24th President of the United States (born 1837)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373410903#April–June", "title": "1908", "revid": 1373410903, "section": "Deaths › April–June"}}, {"year": 2024, "year_label": "2024 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 5", "text": "November 5 – 2024 United States presidential election: Former U.S. President Donald Trump defeats incumbent Vice President Kamala Harris to win a second nonconsecutive term. Trump became the second person in American history to win a second nonconsecutive term, after Grover Cleveland in 1892.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371869228#November", "title": "2024", "revid": 1371869228, "section": "Events › November"}}]}