Question: who was the only president that never lived in the white house

title: Grover Cleveland
text: New York Democratic party officials began to consider Cleveland a possible nominee for governor . Daniel Manning , a party insider who admired Cleveland 's record , was instrumental in his candidacy . With a split in the state Republican party in 1882 , the Democratic party was considered to be at an advantage ; there were several contenders for that party 's nomination . The two leading Democratic candidates were Roswell P. Flower and Henry W. Slocum . Their factions deadlocked , and the convention could not agree on a nominee . Cleveland , in third place on the first ballot , picked up support in subsequent votes and emerged as the compromise choice . The Republican party remained divided against itself , and in the general election Cleveland emerged the victor , with 535,318 votes to Republican nominee Charles J. Folger 's 342,464 . Cleveland 's margin of victory was , at the time , the largest in a contested New York election ; the Democrats also picked up seats in both houses of the New York State Legislature .