Abraham Lincoln
President Grover Cleveland (22nd & 24th President) who was first elected in 1884 avoided the Civil War conscription by paying a substitute to serve in his place in the Union Army. This was entirely legal under the Conscription Act of 1863 and made President Cleveland the U.S.'s first "draft dodger."
Grover Cleveland
Grover Cleveland
The president during WWI was Woodrow Wilson The President During WW2 was Franklin D Roosevelt who died during the war and who was his successor Harry Truman
Grover Cleveland was the president during the Pullman strike.
The president (during the Pullman Strike) of the ARU was Eugene V. Debs; not to be confused with Grover Cleveland: the president of the United States at the time.
The president (during the Pullman Strike) of the ARU was Eugene V. Debs; not to be confused with Grover Cleveland: the president of the United States at the time.
Grover Cleveland
President Cleveland 2 non-consistent terms presided over the entire Industrial Revolution, as well as major strikes during that period (Pullman Strike, Homestead Strike, and such.) Labor Unions basically hated him for his intervention in both the Pullman and the Homestead Strikes (he was the one who sent the military to calm the Homestead citizens down after the Pinkertons failed.) He also modernized the Navy and created the Interstate Commerce Commission.
The Hatch Act was not enacted during President Grover Cleveland's presidency. The Hatch Act was actually signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939. It aims to prevent federal employees from engaging in certain political activities and ensures the neutrality of the civil service.
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Grover Cleveland was the President that urged it be made a Federal Holiday. Labor Day was set as the first Monday of September by the Federal Government in 1894. Prior to that it was celebrated in 30 states, the first was Oregon, which declared it a holiday in 1887.
President Grover Cleveland order the use of U.S. Army troops during the Pullman Strike. He followed the advice of Attorney General Richard Olney, but only the President can order the use of federal troops.
Abraham Lincoln
During Cleveland's administration: The Panic (Depression) of 1893; civil service reform; lower tariffs; first White House wedding; cast 300 vetoes, more than twice the total of all previous presidents; signed Interstate Commerce Act; used troops to break up Pullman Strike.
President Grover Cleavland passed the Dawes Act in 1887