Grover Cleveland was the first president to be elected to non-consecutive terms. He served from 1885-1889 and from 1893-1897 (the 22nd and 24th president). Campaign tokens are cool too, @johnmilton (I shouldn't have to say it, but I will... no politics here... we're just posting coins)
Here are some campaign tokens from Grover Cleveland's three races. In a space of less than to two years, Grover Cleveland rose rose from obscure lawyer, to Mayor of Buffalo, NY, to Governor of New York to President of the United States. His campaign slogan was "He's an honest man," and it was true. His only flaw was that he fathered a child out of wedlock, but he fully funded that child's education and placed him with a wealthy family. Some New York politicians strongly disliked him because his honest in government campaign interfered with their collection of "boodle." That was reason why he lost his second run for president. Here are a couple of tokens from his 1884 run. Cleveland's opponent was James G. Blain who was known for taken money from the railroad industry in exchange for favorable bills in Congress. Cleveland's 1884 runnling mate was Thomas Hendricks. Hendreicks had been the running mate of Samuel J. Tilden whom many Democrats thought had been cheated out of the presidency in 1876. In 1888 the New York State Democrat organization refused to work for Grover Cleveland's re-election. He lost the state by a hair, and with it the election. Cleveland won the popular vote in 1888. The big story was Grover Cleveland's marriage. His bride had been his ward. She was the daughter of his law partner who had died in a carriage accident. Cleveland bought her first baby carriage. As she grew up a bond formed between them. After she graduated from college, they were married. He was 48 and she was something like 24. Was it a scandal? Far from it. The nation loved her. She was if anything more popular than her husband. She appeared with him on a number of campaign pieces. These are two separate pins which show Grover Cleveland and his wife Frances. Frances Cleveland said that she and Grover were going to be returning to the White House in four years, and she was right. Cleveland patched up his differences with the New York State politicians and got their support. At the same time, his opponent, Benjamin Harrison had raised the protective tariff too much. It had greatly increased the cost of living. It cost him the election. Here are a couple pieces from the 1892 campaign. This piece was issued in connection with the Colubian Exposition. Cleveland's running mate was Adilia Stevenson. He was the grandfather of the man by the same name who lost twice to Dwight Eisenhower in 1952 and 1956.
Two items: 1) an 1885 quarter eagle, ANACS AU-53, 800 minted. 2) not a coin but a medal from a tour taken by the Clevelands in 1887.
This is one of my favorite Morgan dollars I have but it's a nightmare to get a good picture of. Thought I'd try my luck with taking some pics in the sunlight to get that elusive PL image to show up. It didn't work very well, but I submit for your viewing pleasure... my 1894-S Morgan. Sorry for so many pictures of the same coin, but it's really hard to pick just one lol!
