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Presidents of Manifest Destiny Relentless Wielder of the Veto
The article surveys the nine Democratic presidents between the Civil War and World War I, highlighting Grover Cleveland and Woodrow Wilson as incorruptible Presbyterians who broke the Republican hold. It compares their backgrounds, governorships, and presidencies including Cleveland’s 1884 victory, key campaign lines, inaugural promises, veto activity, civil service expansion, and the 1888 election defeat and return.
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Manifest Destiny
Stephen Grover Cleveland
Thomas Woodrow Wilson
Cleveland
Wilson
Gond Cassius
White House
New York
James G. Blaine
Blaine
Greenback
Prohibition
Franklin Pierce
District of Columbia