And in the 1888 election, Republican Benjamin Harrison trailed President Grover Cleveland by 95, 713 votes nationally, but won enough big states to give him a 233-168 majority in the electoral college.

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In 1884, Grover Cleveland was revealed to have fathered a son out of wedlock.

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Think Grover Cleveland, who holds the American record for presidential vetoes.

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Or consider Grover Cleveland, ranked eighth in Schlesinger's initial 1948 poll.

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Since this isolated county was created in 1882 in sagebrush-strewn central Oregon, its inhabitants have successfully picked 26 consecutive winners, from Grover Cleveland to Ronald Reagan.

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