Grover Cleveland Cake and Other Stories

My History Can Beat Up Your Politics

Bruce Carlson

News, Politics, History

4.5 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Of the many things Grover Cleveland is remembered for, his still extant wedding cake stands out for the few visitors to his birthplace home in Caldwell, N.J. He's not a President much remembered though podcasts have revived knowledge about him a bit. We discuss Cleveland, his legacy, and a great fight of the 1880's that determined executive power. We also look at another President's argument for why Cleveland should be remembered. We also look at Lincoln's coat, Hayes's oysters and dominos, Washington's teeth and the short military career of William Jennings Bryan. Support the Podcast on Patreon: www.patreon.com/mhcbuyp Email [email protected] to enquire about advertising on the podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to an AirWave Media Podcast.
0:05.0	Sometimes running a business can feel like cycling uphill.
0:09.0	With square wheels!
0:15.0	But zero online accounting software can help predict the future cash flow of your business.
0:20.0	So you can stay one step ahead.
0:22.0	Soon it'll feel more like free-wheeling downhill.
0:25.0	Woohoo! On a tandem!
0:27.0	With a messer on the back.
0:29.0	Oh, that's nice.
0:31.0	Search zero with an ex, because healthy business is beautiful business.
0:50.0	What a big man President Cleveland is.
0:53.0	He must weigh nearly 300 pounds.
0:58.0	And a line drawn through the center of his stomach to the small of his back would measure at least two feet.
1:07.0	He is under six feet tall, has a great width of shoulder, and his flesh, unlike that of most men, is solid, not flabby.
1:17.0	Frank G. Carpenter, correspondent in the nation's capital, 1885.
1:28.0	Soon after his election, so the story goes, the President made a trip south.
1:32.0	A large crowd of country people had gathered at a railroad junction to see him, hoping perhaps to shake his hand.
1:39.0	One tall, length-old fellow stared long and hard at the great man.
1:44.0	Then he pushed through the crowd and grabbed Cleveland's hand.
1:47.0	Well, so you're the President, he said looking up at him.
1:51.0	Yes, I'm the President, my friend. Grover Cleveland said.
1:56.0	Well, the old men exclaimed again.
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