21st Century: Query 148 (Grover Cleveland)
“Officeholders
are the agents of the people, not their masters.”
How might this statement no longer be true?
Name a leader, past or present, who represents the best or worst of Cleveland’s assertion.
Explain why you have selected this specific leader for analysis.
~ Grover Cleveland, an American politician and lawyer, was the 22nd and 24th president of the United States,
the only president in American history to serve two non-consecutive terms in
office (1885–1889 and 1893–1897). He won the popular vote for three
presidential elections—in 1884, 1888, and 1892—and was one of
two Democrats (with
Woodrow
Wilson) to be elected president during the era of Republican political
domination dating from 1861 to 1933.
How might this statement no longer be true?
Name a leader, past or present, who represents the best or worst of Cleveland’s assertion.
Explain why you have selected this specific leader for analysis.