Grover Cleveland

Birth-Death: (1837 - 1908 ) Term: (1885-1889, 1893-1897 )

President Cleveland did not believe any particular economic group should be given special benefits. "Federal aid," he said, "in such cases encourages the expectation of paternal care on the part of the government and weakens the sturdiness of our national character. . . ." Thus, when bills came across his desk benfiting special groups, he quickly vetoed them.

Administration of Grover Cleveland

Vice President

Thomas A. Henricks (1885-89)
Adlai E. Stevenson (1893-97)

Secretary of State

Thomas F. Bayard (1885-89)
Walter Q. Gresham (1893-95)
Richard Olney (1895-97)

Secretary of the Treasury

Daniel Manning (1885-87)
Charles S. Fairchild (1887-89)
John G. Carlisle (1893-97)

Secretary of War

William C. Endicott (1885-89)
Daniel S. Lamont (1893-97)

Attorney General

Augustus H. Garland (1885-89)
Richard Olney (1893-95)
Judson Harmon (1895-97)

Postmaster General

William F. Vilas (1885-88)
Donald M. Dickinson (1888-89)
Wilson S. Bissell (1893-95)
William L. Wilson (1895-97)

Secretary of the Navy

William C. Whitney (1885-89)
Hilary A. Herbert (1893-97)

Secretary of the Interior

Lucius Q. C. Lamar (1885-88)
William F. Vilas (1888-89)
Hoke Smith (1893-96)
David R. Francis (1896-97)

Secretary of Agriculture

Norman J. Colman (1889)
Julius Sterling Morton (1893-97)