21st Century: Query 148 (Grover Cleveland)
“Officeholders are the agents of the people, not their masters.” ~ 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.