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1 May 2020, 9:54 am
The politics of Red Rooted May Day has loomed large in the Northern Hemisphere and its connection to socialism and eventually to Marxist Leninist internationalism produced efforts to detach celebrations of labor from May Day.After the 1894 Pullman Strike, President Grover Cleveland officially moved the U.S. celebration of Labor Day to the first Monday in September, intentionally severing ties with the international worker’s celebration for fear that it would build support for… [read post]
1 May 2020, 1:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
(The second inauguration of Grover Cleveland as the 24th President of the United States was held on March 4, 1893. [read post]
2 Mar 2020, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
  In the 1888 election, in particular, Republican Senator Benjamin Harrison defeated the Democratic incumbent, Grover Cleveland, although Harrison lost the popular vote by 90,596 votes.[4]  In what is becoming a familiar narrative, it was the third election (and second in twelve years) in which the popular vote winner lost the Electoral College. [read post]
26 Feb 2020, 5:30 am by Kevin
I apologize in advance to future scholars for any confusion caused by this Grover-Cleveland-like gap in numbering. [read post]
3 Feb 2020, 3:10 am by Scott Bomboy
Steele says the combination of a government surplus and a heavy tax burden on consumers led President Grover Cleveland's administration to pass a second income tax law in 1894. [read post]
3 Feb 2020, 12:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
He served as United States Attorney General under President Grover Cleveland and later served as the 45th Governor of Ohio. [read post]
28 Jan 2020, 4:18 am
President Grant, Grover Cleveland, William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, William Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan... [read post]
13 Dec 2019, 5:00 am by Daniel E. Cummins, Esq.
"Scut FarkusThere’s at least one in every county — a Scut Farkus-like attorney who gets off on bullying his or her way through the litigation process outside the presence of the authority figure of the court.Unfortunately, these bullies usually train their associate attorneys to practice in the same unsavory manner, much in the way toady sidekick Grover Dill serves Scut Farkus in the movie. [read post]
6 Sep 2019, 1:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
When Democratic President Grover Cleveland continued to support the gold standard against the will of much of his party, activists determined to take over the Democratic Party organization and nominate a silver-supporting candidate in 1896. [read post]
17 Jul 2019, 1:26 pm by Lawrence B. Ebert
We Loved: Close Friends Look Back at the (Ridiculously) Handsome but Down-To-Earth First Son Although one might guess the answer is zero, the correct answer is three, with the most notable being Grover Cleveland who had been the mayor of Buffalo, New York. [read post]
27 Jun 2019, 11:19 am by Corbin K. Barthold and Cory L. Andrews
When a senator accused him of not filling patronage posts fast enough, President Grover Cleveland replied: “I suppose you mean I should appoint two horse thieves a day instead of one. [read post]
24 Jun 2019, 2:20 am by Steve Lubet
The Democrats failed to hold the presidency twice in the late 19th Century, both times following an administration of Grover Cleveland, who did win two non-consecutive terms. [read post]
17 Jun 2019, 2:58 am by NCC Staff
President Grover Cleveland dedicated the Statue of Liberty, as a gift from France and a sign of mutual friendship. [read post]
6 May 2019, 1:14 am by Steve Lubet
Lamar of Mississippi -- a former Confederate officer and a drafter of Mississippi's ordinance of secession --  appointed by Grover Cleveland in 1888. [read post]
12 Mar 2019, 3:22 am by Scott Bomboy
The king of presidential vetoes was Grover Cleveland, whose Democrats only controlled Congress for two of his eight years in office. [read post]
31 Jan 2019, 10:30 pm by Anthony Gaughan
Otto Schnering—owner of the Curtiss Candy Company of Chicago—insisted that the candy’s name referred to former President Grover Cleveland’s daughter, Ruth, who was born in 1891. [read post]
24 Oct 2018, 12:53 am by Legal Skills Prof
Author of the wildly popular legal career advice book Swimming Lessons for Baby Sharks: The Essential Guide to Thriving as a New Lawyer Grover Cleveland (yes, that's his real name) has been a good friend to the Legal Skills Prof... [read post]