Report by: Jordan
5th Grade
Bennion Elementary
Taylorsville, Utah

Mrs. Hansen


Jordan

Introduction
When I was five years of age I fell beneath the wheels of an applecart. Luckily a schoolteacher was there and ran by and grabbed me. If she wouldn't of been there and grabbed me I would of died. This is an account from Grover Cleveland's life. Read on about this great man.

Grover Cleveland was bom March 18 183 7 in Caldwell New Jersey. He was the child of nine. When he was four he fell.beneath the wheels of an apple,cart. Luckily schoolteacher passed by and grabbed him.
If she had not grabbed him he would have died. In 1841 they moved to New York, because his dad took over another church there. Grover started to read and write at Fayettesville's red frame schoolhouse.
When, he was nine he wrote a report about spending time well he wrote, " If we can expect to become great and good men and be respected and esteemed by our friends we must improve our time when we are young." He used his spare time earning money; he earned the money by selling empty canal boats for ten cents.
In 1850 they moved to Clinton, New York. His dad earned one thousand dollars a year but still could not pay the bills. When Grover was fourteen years of age, he quit school to work to help his father pay the bills.
When Grover was the age of sixteen he wanted to attend Hamilton College. In 1853 Grover's father passed away and left him, to be the man of the house. His older brother found him a job as a teacher in a school for the blind. After a year he quit his job and returned to Holland Patent. A local church member asked him if he would like to become minister and he would pay his way for college. Grover turned down the offer.
Two years after his fathers death he moved back to Buffalo, New York, and went to law school and became a lawyer. When he was twenty-two years of age he was earning one thousand dollars a year just the.amount earned in 1850. In 1862 he was elected Democrat of the city ward. The same year he became, assistant District Attorney of Erie County.
In 1881 he was Mayor of New York and the following year he became Governor of New York! In 1884 he became the President of the United States he beat James Blaine. In 1885 President Grover sent some soldiers to capture Indians because the Indians were rampaging deserts.
June 2nd 1886 he married Francis Folsom in the White House. Grover Cleveland dedicated the Statue of Liberty, after the dedication they had a celebration.
One of President Grover's greatest accomplishments was his courage; he changed a lot of things. People called him the "Veto Man" they made up a song it went like this:

"A fat man once sat in a President's chair,' singing ve-to ve-to, with never a thought of trouble or care singing ve-to ve-to."

His Vice President. was Thomas Hendricks. In 1888 there was another National Convention and he lost to Benjamin Harrison he became the President for the years I889 through 1893.
In 1892 Grover ran for President again and won the election once again he beat James B. Weaver and Benjamin Harrison. Grover Cleveland returned to the Wbite House in 1893.
In June 1893 he was diagnosed with cancer in his mouth he had to have a rubber jawbone. In 1897 President Grover retired and William Mi&Kinley became the next President.
He and his family moved back to Princeton, New Jersey and in 1908 he died in his hometown in New Jersey. And that is the life of Grover Cleveland....

Ending
In conclusion Grover Cleveland known as the Veto president was a man who was forthright. He was a hard working man and was not afraid to fight crooked politicians. Since he was an honest and good president they called him "Grover the Good".