In 188650, President Grover Cleveland got married in the White House. He was 50-years old. The bride was 21.
A bit of trivia from history as we wallow in our Season of Perpetual Faux Outrage Over Genuinely Stupid Stuff.
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I believe he also had a child out of wedlock in earlier years.
He was a conservative Democrat, and appeared to have a hearty appetite (in more ways than one).
Sounds like he was like Clinton in more ways than one.
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1850??? That can’t be right. It’s got to be in the 1880’s or later.
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TYPO! You’re right Bruce. He wasn’t prez till 1885.
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Also the first Democrat elected post Civil War (War of Northern Agression), and only person to serve two non-consecutive terms.
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I rather liked the expession used by a friend’s elderly mother in Charleston. She calls the war “the recent unpleasantness”.
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Except that if that happened today, there would be a reality show about it.
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And the “press” would be asking if he was doing it to get the underage bride vote.
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LOL!
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She was his ward before they were married. He was a friend of her father’s, who died. They had five children.
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I remember that part – by today’s standards that’s like Woody Allen’s marrying Mia Farrow’s adopted daughter!
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