In 1884, Grover Cleveland was chosen by the Democratic Party to run
against Republican James Blaine. Cleveland emerged victorious after
an acrimonious campaign that featured plenty of charges and
countercharges about morality, infidelities, and Irish-Catholic
slurs. Thereafter, Cleveland took significant action on the
domestic front, as he helped shepherd important legislation through
Congress: the Interstate Commerce Act and the Dawes General
Allotment Act. Cleveland also received numerous plaudits for
cracking down on corruption and wasteful spending. In 1886,
Cleveland married a woman 27 years his junior. During the 1888
presidential election, ran for re-election and he came out against
a high tariff wall that he deemed unnecessary, …
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