The inauguration of Grover Cleveland as the 22nd President of the United States took place on March 4, 1885. The inauguration marked the commencement of the first four-year term of Grover Cleveland as President and the only term of Thomas A. Hendricks as Vice President. Cleveland was also later the 24th president, and the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms. Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite administered the oath of office.
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“The Bible is good enough for me, just the old book under which I was brought up. I do not want notes or criticisms, or explanations about authorship or origins, or even cross- references. I do not need, or understand them, and they confuse me.”
—Grover Cleveland (1837–1908)
“The lesson should be constantly enforced that though the people support the Government, Government should not support the people.”
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