He was sometimes called the "guardian president" due to his record number of vetoes, including several that would have offered pensions to bogus civil war veterans and a Texas Seed Bill.
He was sometimes called the "guardian president" due to his record number of vetoes, including several that would have offered pensions to bogus civil war veterans and a Texas Seed Bill. He invoked the Monroe doctrine and threatened war while mediating a dispute between Venezuela and Britain, and he opposed plans to annex Hawaii, fearing that only wealthy planters supported it. His presidency saw the arrival of the Statue of Liberty, and he sent federal troops to crush the Pullman Strike. For ten points, name this man who rode Mugwump support to defeat James Blaine in the 1884 presidential Election, the 22nd and 24th president of the United States.
He was sometimes called the "guardian president" due to his record number of vetoes, including several that would have offered pensions to bogus civil war veterans and a Texas Seed Bill.
Grover {Cleveland}