General Information:
Major "Events" of his Presidency:
- Grover Cleveland had been the twenty-second President of the nation with Thomas A. Hendricks as his Vice President for one year of his only term.
- Term as President lasted from 1885 to 1889.
- Cleveland was the leader of the pro-business Bourbon Democrats.
- Cleveland served as the Sheriff of Erie County, the Mayor of Buffalo, and as the Governor of New York.
Major "Events" of his Presidency:
- The creation of the Interstate Commerce Commission in order to ensure fairness in the management of interstate railroads.
- The presidential signing of the Dawes General Allotment Act which provided for the distribution of Indian reservation land among individual tribesmen.
- The establishment of the Department of Labor and the Department of Agriculture.
- The statehood of North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Washington.