Grover Cleveland
The only president to serve two non-consecutive terms — and the last Democrat to win the presidency before Woodrow Wilson. Cleveland's commitment to the gold standard, his opposition to veterans' pensions (he vetoed hundreds), and his anti-corruption stance made him simultaneously principled and deeply conservative.
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James Buchanan
#3President / Democrat — Cove Gap, Pennsylvania · 1857–1861
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