Panic of 1893
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The Panic of 1893 was an economic depression in the United States. It began in February 1893 and officially ended eight months later. The Panic of 1896 followed. It was the most serious economic depre
Drawing in Frank Leslie's of panicked stockbrokers on May 9, 1893
The pro-Republican Judge magazine blamed the Panic of 1893 on the Democratic victory in the 1892 election.
The 1896 Broadway melodrama The War of Wealth was inspired by the panic of 1893.
The Grand Central Depot in New York City was an important hub for rail transportation, a major part of the shipping industry in the late nineteenth century.
Grover Cleveland
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Stephen Grover Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, serving from 1885 to 1889 and from 1893 to 1897. He was the first Democrat elected president after the American Civil War
Panic of 1893
…be coined into money (see below). One of the first signs of trouble came on 20 February 1893, twelve days before the inauguration of U.S. President Grover Cleveland, with the appointment of receivers for the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, which had greatly overextended itself. Upon taking office, Cleveland dealt…
Cleveland in 1892
Caldwell Presbyterian parsonage, birthplace of Grover Cleveland in Caldwell, New Jersey
Early and undated photograph of Cleveland
A statue of Grover Cleveland outside City Hall in Buffalo, New York