The presidencies of Grover Cleveland
By: Richard E. Welch, Jr.
Series: American presidency series
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 1988
Place of publication: Lawrence, Kan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 268
Subjects: Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908; United States -- Politics and government -- 1885-1889; United States -- Politics and government -- 1893-1897
Description: "Grover Cleveland, who served as both the twenty-second and the twenty-fourth president of the United States, dominated the American political scene from 1884 to 1896. Viewed at one time as a monument of presidential courage, Cleveland has over the past generation been dismissed by historians as a "Bourbon Democrat," the symbol of that wing of the Democratic party devoted to preserving the status quo and protecting the interests of the propertied. In this revisionist study, Richard Welch takes a fresh look at the Cleveland administrations and discovers a man whose assertive temperament was frequently at odds with his inherited political faith."--Publisher.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 245-256.
Includes index.