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==Early Days==
 
==Early Days==
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Cleveland was born in Baldwell, New Yersey on March 18, 1837. <ref> [[Encyclopedia of Presidents, Grover Cleveland]], by Zachary Kent, 1988.  </ref> He had five brothers and four sisters. His father was a [[Presbyterian]] clergyman, and moved around a lot. His second brother was hanged for murder in Utah in 1882.
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Cleveland was born in Baldwell, New Yersey on March 18, 1837. <ref> [[Encyclopedia of Presidents, Grover Cleveland]], by Zachary Kent, Children's Press, 1988.  </ref> He had five brothers and four sisters. His father was a [[Presbyterian]] clergyman, and moved around a lot. His second brother was hanged for murder in Utah in 1882.
    
He dodged the draft in the Civil War by hiring somebody else to take his place.
 
He dodged the draft in the Civil War by hiring somebody else to take his place.
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Cleveland, nicknamed 'the Growler', retired to [[Princeton]]. There he became enemies with the liberal Woodrow Wilson, who was President of the school. Some people wanted him to run again in 1904, but he was too old. Sometimes liberal President President Theodore Roosevelt asked him for advice.
 
Cleveland, nicknamed 'the Growler', retired to [[Princeton]]. There he became enemies with the liberal Woodrow Wilson, who was President of the school. Some people wanted him to run again in 1904, but he was too old. Sometimes liberal President President Theodore Roosevelt asked him for advice.
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Cleveland died in 1908 from a heart attack, with his wife at his side. He is buried in the Princeton Cemetery.
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Cleveland died on June 24, 1908 from a heart and kidney disease, with his wife at his side. He is buried in the Princeton Cemetery. <ref> [[Encyclopedia of Presidents]] by Zachary Kent, Chicago Press, 1988.  </ref>
    
==Honors and memorials==
 
==Honors and memorials==

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