Major Acts: Grover Cleveland repealed the Silver Purchase Act, which obligated the government to purchase a fixed amount of silver each month and diminished the Treasury’s supply of gold. Cleveland ...

The first Democrat elected president since the Civil War, Grover Cleveland stood for probity ... He repealed the Sherman Silver Purchase Act and returned to a gold standard for U.S. currency.

The first Democrat elected president since the Civil War, Grover Cleveland stood for probity ... He repealed the Sherman Silver Purchase Act and returned to a gold standard for U.S. currency.