circa 1889: Grover Cleveland (1837 - 1908), the 22nd and 24th President of the United States of America (1885 - 1889, 1893 - 1897). The first Democratic president to be elected after the Civil War. Within a year of him taking office for the 2nd time, 4 million people were unemployed and the country was bankrupt. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)