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Significant Acts
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Signed the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887, which established federal regulation of railroads.
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Preserved the country's gold standard in 1893 by spearheading the repeal of the Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890.
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Crushed the Pullman railroad strike of 1894 and prevented interruption of mail service by sending in federal troops.
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Prompted the settlement of the Venezuela crisis, a border dispute between British Guiana and Venezuela resolved in 1895.
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Career
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1871-1873 Served as sheriff of Erie County, New York.
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1882 Served as mayor of Buffalo, New York.
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1883-1885 Served as governor of New York.
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1885-1889 President of the United States.
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1888 Defeated by Benjamin Harrison in presidential election.
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1893-1897 President of the United States.
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Did You Know
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Cleveland paid a Polish immigrant $150 to serve in his place in the American Civil War.
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Cleveland was the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms.
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As sheriff in Buffalo, New York, Cleveland personally carried out the execution of two criminals.
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Cleveland underwent a secret operation aboard a yacht to remove his cancerous upper jaw in 1893.
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