Grover Cleveland was the 22nd president and the 24th president of the U.S.A. and is always counted as 2 presidents when a listing of the presidents appears. He is the only president who served two terms that were not consecutive. He was elected president in 1884 and was inaugurated in 1885. He ran again in […]
Monthly Archives: August 2019
Andrew Johnson – 17th President
William H. Harrison – 9th President
Andrew Jackson – 7th President
October 2, 2019 (Tuesday)Andrew Jackson disliked the Electoral College concept and wanted to do away with it. Who could blame him? The intricate system caused him to lose the election in 1824 to Adams. He found satisfaction, however, in a rematch with Adams in 1828, with a landslide victory. He was very popular. Andrew Jackson […]
James Monroe – 5th President
October 2, 2019 (Wednesday) This blog is copied from “America’s Story,” a web site published by the Library of Congress. Jame Monroe, our 5th president (1817-1825), was born on April 28, 1758, in Westmoreland County, Virginiam and died on July 4, 1831, in New York, New York Monroe is perhaps best known for establishing the […]