Troy Senik on the Presidency of Grover Cleveland, Classical Liberalism, and 19th Century Political Culture

In this episode:

• Troy Senik joins the podcast to talk about President Grover Cleveland’s life and unlikely path to the presidency
• the principled character of Cleveland, and how his sense of honesty was at the center of this political priorities as a reform-minded politician during the Gilded Age
• the political and cultural context in which Cleveland rose to prominence, and how his second term shaped a political realignment that saw his classical liberal politics exit politics until the 1970s

Books Mentioned:

• A Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbably Presidency of Grover Cleveland by Troy Senik
• Coolidge by Amity Shlaes

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