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Stephen Grover Cleveland ~ March 18, 1837 - June 24, 1908

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22nd and 24th President, 1885-1889, 1893-1897 Grover Cleveland sites visited: Before becoming President, Cleveland served as the Mayor of Buffalo, New York in 1882 (and the Governor of New York 1883-1884). Buffalo has a statue of him downtown. Cleveland did not attend college but studied law and was admitted to the New York bar. His statue in the City of Presidents, Rapids City, South Dakota: Cleveland entered the Presidency as a bachelor and married Frances Folsom in the White House in 1886. It is the only White House wedding of a sitting President. Grover was 49 years old and Frances was 21. We found this marker and his portrait on a tour of the White House. Grover Cleveland is buried in Princeton Cemetery in New Jersey with his wife and eldest of his five children, Ruth, who died at age 12. Their second child, Esther, was born in 1893, the first child born to an incumbent President. Grover never used his first name Stephen as an adult. He opposed the women's suffrage movement an...
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John Quincy Adams ~ July 11, 1767 - February 23, 1848

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6th President, 1825 - 1829 John Quincy Adams sites visited:   Peacefield was owned by four generations of Adams, starting with John Quincy's father, John Adams. John and Abigail bought the property in 1788. John Quincy was Secretary of State from 1817-1825 during Monroe's Presidency. He then ran for President against three other Republicans. With no clear winner, the House of Representatives chose John Quincy for President. He took the oath of office on a book of constitutional law rather than a Bible. And his father, John, lived long enough to see his son elected President. Unfortunately, John Quincy lost his re-election to Andrew Jackson. But then, unique so far to all former Presidents, John Quincy ran for the House of Representatives in 1830 and served for 17 years, until his death.  He had a stroke on the house floor and died two days later. The place where his desk stood is forever memorialized in Statuary Hall, which once was the House Chamber in Washington D.C. His sta...
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John Adams ~ October 30, 1735 - July 4, 1826

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2nd President, 1797 - 1801 John Adams sites visited:   John and Abigail bought "Peacefield" in 1787.  After their deaths, the estate remained in the family until 1946 when it was donated to the Federal Government. It became the Adams National Historic Site and you can find it at 135 Adams Street in Quincy, Massachusetts. Adams was the first Vice President and served two terms, 1789-1797. We found these items at a Vice President exhibit at the Gerald R. Ford Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan. From our stamp collection: Some Adams artifacts in the White House. The first President to live in the White House also has his statue in the City of Presidents, Rapid City, South Dakota. The second floor of Faneuil Hall in Boston was used as a town hall before and during the Revolution. John is honored there but the room is currently under re-construction. The Massachusetts Statehouse in Boston is magnificent and one of our favorite capitals. They honor John Adams. Near the United First P...
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