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Tag Archives: Grover Cleveland
Man of Iron
Grover Cleveland may have lost his claim to fame in being the only president to be elected to two nonconsecutive terms, but he is nevertheless a striking and memorable figure. Hailed as ‘the last Jeffersonian’ by another biography, his two … Continue reading
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Tagged 1870s, 1880s, biography, Grover Cleveland, Hail to the Chief, history
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The Last Jeffersonian
My political biography began during the War on Terror, when I developed strong feelings about foreign intervention and the military-police surveillance state. While reading Howard Zinn in my college years, I was astonished and delighted to learn of a … Continue reading