Stephen Grover Cleveland

Born in the family of a Presbyterian minister; attended Fayetteville Academy (1848-1849, 1852-1853), Clinton Liberal Institute (1850-1851); received no higher education; clerk in a store at Clinton, New York; assistant teacher in the Gotham's New York Institute for the Blind (1853-1854); began studying law with Rogers, Bowen & Rogers, Buffalo, New York (1855); admitted to the bar (1859); managing clerk in Rogers, Bowen & Rogers (1859), Ward Supervisor in Buffalo (1862), Assistant District Attorney for Erie County, New York (1863-1865); unsuccessful candidate for District Attorney (1865); co-founder of a law firm (1865); Sheriff of Erie County, New York (1870-1874); practised law (1874-1882); mayor of Buffalo from 2 Jan 1882 to 20 Nov 1882, when he resigned to accept the election as Governor of the State of New York (1 Jan 1883 - 6 Jan 1885); elected (1884) President of the United States on the Democratic ticket; unsuccessful presidential candidate (1888); practised law in New York (1889-1893); again elected (1892) President of the United States; retired from politics after the expiration of second term as president (1897); lecturer in public affairs and trustee of Princeton University (1901-1908).