DescriptionRichard Cleveland. Eldest son, and fourth of five children, of Frances Folsom Cleveland and President Grover Cleveland. Born Oct. 28, 1897, Princeton, New Jersey. Died Jan. 10, 1974. Born just 7 months after the Clevelands left the White House. Marine Corp, WWI. Princeton graduate 1919, Masters in 1921. Harvard law degree, 1924. Two marriages of which 6 children were born. Richard served as the lawyer for Whitaker Chambers in the late 1940s, in a historic case, which revealed Alger Hiss as a communist spy. Richard spent his last years in Baltimore, MD. Survived by his children, Richard died at age 76.

NoteCourtesy of the State of New Jersey Division of Environmental Protection, the Grover Cleveland Birthplace Historic Site, Caldwell, New Jersey.

Genrephotographs

Time PeriodThe Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)

Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3D21XRX

CollectionGrover Cleveland Birthplace General Collection

Organization NameGrover Cleveland Birthplace State Historic Site

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