This Presidents Day, Grover Cleveland and Benjamin Harrison Loom Large

Both Cleveland and Harrison put service to America first, and the nation was better for it.

Library of Congress via Wikimedia Commons
Political cartoon of 1884 in Judge magazine, captioned 'Another voice for Cleveland.' Library of Congress via Wikimedia Commons

The 1892 White House contestants, Presidents Cleveland and Benjamin Harrison, are having their moment. Since theirs was the only rematch like the looming one between Presidents Trump and Biden, Americans can hope they follow the same high road as their Gilded Age predecessors.

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