June 2, 1886: U.S. President Grover Cleveland weds Frances Folsom in the White House

Today is the 125th anniversary of the only presidential wedding in the White House. On June 2, 1886, the 22nd and 24th president Grover Cleveland was the first and only president to get married in the White House.

Grover Cleveland, The White House

Frances Folsom Cleveland, The White House

Sonnet Ireland
Head of Federal Documents
Reference & Instruction Librarian
Subject Specialist: Legal Research, Political Science
Urban Studies, Engineering

President Grover Cleveland's Birthday

Today marks the 172nd birthday of our 22nd/24th president, Grover Cleveland. He took office from 1885-1889 and again from 1893-1897. He was the first Democrat elected after the Civil War, and he was the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms. For more information, check out these links:


White House: Biography of Grover Cleveland

Grover Cleveland Library


Sonnet Erin Brown
Federal Documents Librarian
Subject Specialist: Political Science/Paralegal Studies

"Stephen Grover Cleveland." Encyclopedia of World Biography, 2nd ed. 17 Vols. Gale Research, 1998. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale, 2009. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC