1886    U.S. President Grover Cleveland marries Frances Folsom in the White House, becoming the only president to wed in the executive mansion.

1886    In New York Harbor, President Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.

1889    President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.

1893    Grover Cleveland undergoes secret, successful surgery to remove a large, cancerous portion of his jaw; operation not revealed to US public until 1917, nine years after the president's death.

1894    The troops sent by Grover Cleveland to Chicago to end the Pullman Strike are recalled.