Q 01/05

Cleveland was the first president to serve which kind of terms?

A) Non-consecutive

B) Back-to-back

C) Single-year

D) Appointed

Answer · why

A) Non-consecutive

He was the 22nd president from 1885 to 1889 and the 24th from 1893 to 1897, with Benjamin Harrison in between; Donald Trump became the second in 2025.

Q 02/05

Which two numbers does Cleveland hold in the presidential sequence?

A) 20th and 22nd

B) 22nd and 24th

C) 21st and 23rd

D) 23rd and 25th

Answer · why

B) 22nd and 24th

Because of the double count, he got two separate Presidential $1 coins in 2012.

Q 03/05

In which state was Cleveland born?

A) New York

B) Connecticut

C) New Jersey

D) Ohio

Answer · why

C) New Jersey

He was born in Caldwell in 1837, the fifth of nine children of a Presbyterian minister.

Q 04/05

What was Cleveland's actual first name, which he dropped in adult life?

A) Richard

B) Samuel

C) Thomas

D) Stephen

Answer · why

D) Stephen

He was named for the first pastor of the Caldwell church where his father preached.

Q 05/05

Cleveland's early career was built in which city?

A) Albany

B) Rochester

C) Buffalo

D) Syracuse

Answer · why

C) Buffalo

He went there in 1855 for a clerical job from his cousin and was admitted to the New York bar in 1859.