2. | Grover Stephen Cleveland was born on 18 Mar 1837 in Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey, USA (son of Richard Falley Cleveland and Anne Neal); died on 24 Jun 1908 in Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey, USA; was buried in Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey, USA. Notes:
Won the 1884 election over James G. Blaine by a popular vote of 4,879,507 to
4,850,293 and an electoral vote of 219 to 182. Lost the 1888 election to
Bejamin Harrison, but won again in 1892 over Harrison and James Weaver by
votes of 5,555,426 to 5,182,690 and 1,029,846, and 277 to 145 and 22. Was the
only president to married in the White House, and the only president to be
elected to non-consecutive terms.
Grover married Frances Folsom on 2 Jun 1886 in White House, Washington, District of Columbia, USA. Frances (daughter of Oscar Folsom and Emma Harmon) was born on 21 Jul 1864 in Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA; died on 29 Oct 1947 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; was buried in Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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