http://www.history.com/photos/grover-cleveland See pictures from the life and presidency of Grover Cleveland. en Copyright 2013, History.com Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:00:00 GMT History.com 2013-06-19T04:00:00Z en Copyright 2013, History.com http://www.history.com/photos/grover-cleveland/photo1 On March 18, 1837, Grover Cleveland, the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms in the office, is born. http://www.history.com/photos/grover-cleveland/photo1 http://www.history.com/photos/grover-cleveland/photo2 As a young man, Cleveland left his native New Jersey to study law in New York. He went on to serve as Erie County sheriff, mayor of Buffalo and governor of New York before running for president. http://www.history.com/photos/grover-cleveland/photo2 http://www.history.com/photos/grover-cleveland/photo3 Die-hard Republicans were so impressed with Cleveland's integrity and fiscal responsibility that they abandoned their own party to help elect him president in 1885. http://www.history.com/photos/grover-cleveland/photo3 http://www.history.com/photos/grover-cleveland/photo4 Even revelations he had sired an illegitimate child while mayor of Buffalo did not sway substantial public opinion against him. http://www.history.com/photos/grover-cleveland/photo4 http://www.history.com/photos/grover-cleveland/photo5 A Democrat known for the qualities of honesty and hard work - seen as rare among politicians--Cleveland made anti-corruption the cornerstone of his first presidential campaign. http://www.history.com/photos/grover-cleveland/photo5 http://www.history.com/photos/grover-cleveland/photo6 Cleveland won his first campaign for the presidency in 1884. http://www.history.com/photos/grover-cleveland/photo6 http://www.history.com/photos/grover-cleveland/photo7 Cleveland ran again in 1889, but lost to Benjamin Harrison, primarily over the issue of tariff revisions. Cleveland beat Harrison the second time around in the election of 1892, but his second term was not as well-received as his first. http://www.history.com/photos/grover-cleveland/photo7 http://www.history.com/photos/grover-cleveland/photo8 Cleveland married Frances Folsom, shortly after her 21st birthday. http://www.history.com/photos/grover-cleveland/photo8 http://www.history.com/photos/grover-cleveland/photo9 Cleveland was the first bachelor president to get married in the White House. http://www.history.com/photos/grover-cleveland/photo9 http://www.history.com/photos/grover-cleveland/photo10 In his second term, the couple's second daughter, Esther, became the first child born to a president in a White House bedroom. http://www.history.com/photos/grover-cleveland/photo10 http://www.history.com/photos/grover-cleveland/photo11 His stubborn commitment to appointing officials based on merit rather than political connections infuriated the Washington political establishment and alienated him from even his own party. http://www.history.com/photos/grover-cleveland/photo11 http://www.history.com/photos/grover-cleveland/photo12 Cleveland's second term also coincided with a major economic panic that led to a deep recession in the United States. He chose to keep the U.S. on the gold standard during the recession. http://www.history.com/photos/grover-cleveland/photo12 http://www.history.com/photos/grover-cleveland/photo13 Cleveland thoroughly enjoyed his hobbies of fishing and hunting (he named his hunting rifle "Death and Destruction"), and was also known to consume vast quantities of beer and food. http://www.history.com/photos/grover-cleveland/photo13 http://www.history.com/photos/grover-cleveland/photo14 After his second term, the portly president retired to Princeton, New Jersey, with his young wife and their five children. He died in 1908 at age 71. http://www.history.com/photos/grover-cleveland/photo14