Grover Cleveland was elected president in 1884. It was the first time in 28 years that Democrats had won an election. Around this time businesses in the U.S. wanted the government to raise tariffs to protect them from foreign competition, but Democrats were against it. President Cleveland tried lowering the tariffs, but Congress wouldn't support him. he also ran in 1888 against Benjamin Harrison. Everyone knew Cleveland wanted to lower tariff rates and Harrison wanted to raise them. Cleveland beat Harrison by a landslide with popular votes, but Harrison won electoral votes which made him president. In office, Harrison passed the McKinley Tariff Act of 1890. This caused tariffs to become the highest they've ever been. In 1892, Cleveland not only became the 24th president, but also the first president to serve two non-consecutive terms. He supported a bill to lower the McKinley Tariff but didn't sign it, so the Wilson-Gorman Tariff passed without the president's signature. In this term Cleveland also had to deal with the Panic of 1893. The Panic of 1893 was national depression that he couldn't reverse. This turned people against the Democratic Party which resulted in Republicans gaining much of the country's support. In 1897, William McKinley was elected president and raised tariffs again.
I thought that Cleveland was a good president because he actually wanted to help our economy.
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