Grover Cleveland Twenty-Second President

Grover Cleveland Grave

On my way to see Vice President George Dallas's grave in Philadelphia, I made a quick stop to see President Cleveland. President Cleveland's daughter is buried next to him. He is buried close to Princeton University. There are maps of the cemetery in the box by the main gate. The roads are small and narrow. If you have to back up like, I did, it is very hard trying not to hit a tombstone.

Here is a close up on President Cleveland Grave

Ruth Cleveland Grave

Facts About Grover Cleveland:

He was the only president to be elected to two nonconsecutive terms

Cleveland used his veto powers 584 times during his two terms. This is the highest total of any president except Franklin Roosevelt, who served three terms

Cleveland answered the White House phone, personally

Cleveland was a draft dodger. He hired someone to enter the service in his place, for which he was ridiculed by his political opponent, James G. Blaine. It was soon discovered, however, that Blaine had done the same thing himself

Nickname: Uncle Jumbo

Last Words: I have tried so hard to do right

Cause of Death: Debility, coronary sclerosis, stroke, or intestinal obstruction (doctors differed as to the cause)

Princeton Cemetery