Troy Senik on the Presidency of Grover Cleveland, Classical Liberalism, and 19th Century Political Culture
October 11, 2022
Intercollegiate Studies Institute
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:
Become a part of ISI: