Grover Cleveland
Medium
Painting
Classification
Painting
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the Reverend Thomas G. Cleveland
Accession Number
NPG.77.229
Tags
About this artwork
Grover Cleveland, the first president to serve two nonconsecutive terms, vetoed more legislation than any prior president, earning the nickname âOld Veto.â He believed in a âhands-offâ government and often rejected bills that favored individual groups. For instance, he vetoed what he thought were unnecessary pension bills for Civil War veterans. After being ousted from office in 1889 by Benjamin Harrison, Cleveland returned to the presidency four years later, but the Panic of 1893 plague...