Grover Cleveland 1888 presidential campaign

Grover Cleveland for President
Campaign	1888 U.S. presidential election
Candidate	Grover Cleveland 22nd President of the United States (1885–1889) Allen G. Thurman U.S. Senator from Ohio (1869–1881)
Affiliation	Democratic Party
Status	Lost general election: November 6, 1888 Left office: March 4, 1889
Slogan	Unnecessary taxation oppresses industry. Reduce the tariff on necessaries of life.

This article is part of a series about Grover Cleveland
Personal Early life Birthplace Legacy SS Cleveland 1920 SS Cleveland 1947 28th Governor of New York Election Governorship 22nd & 24th President of the United States Presidencies Executive actions Foreign policy First term First inauguration Tenure of Office Act Wedding Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 Interstate Commerce Commission Dawes Act Enabling Act of 1889 Judicial appointments Cabinet Second term Second inauguration Panic of 1893 Blount Report Morgan Report Coxey's Army Pullman Strike Wilson–Gorman Tariff Act Venezuelan crisis Judicial appointments Cabinet Presidential campaigns 1884 convention election 1888 convention election 1892 convention election Post-presidency Retirement Death
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President of the United States Grover Cleveland's first term (1885–1889) was most notable "for its record number of vetoes (414), more than double the number issued by all his predecessors combined."^[1] During Cleveland's first term, controlling Congressional and "wasteful spending" was an important priority for him and his administration.^[1] Cleveland's vetoes (and other moves, such as issuing "an executive order [which was later rescinded] directing the return of captured Confederate battle standards to their home states") angered the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), a powerful organization advocating for Union veterans.^[1] In his State of the Union Address in December 1887, President Cleveland called for lower tariffs and tariff reform, making it a major issue in the upcoming 1888 U.S. presidential election.^[1]