Grover Cleveland: Our First Pedophile President
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If John McCain wins the election, he won't be the first President to marry outside of his generation. In addition to John Tyler and Benjamin Harris whose second wives were much younger, Grover Cleveland enjoyed an extra-generational affair with Frances Folsom, daughter of his lawyer friend Oscar. In Cleveland's case, you might euphemistically call it an "arranged" marriage.
From The Complete Book of U.S. Presidents by William A. Degregorio:
"A longtime close friend of Oscar Folsom, Cleveland at 27 met his future wife shortly after she was born. He took an avuncular [uncle-like] interest in the child, buying her a baby carriage and otherwise doting on her as she grew up. When her father died in a buggy accident in 1875 without having provided a will [strange, seeing as how he was a lawyer], the court appointed Cleveland administrator of his estate. This brought Cleveland into still more contact with Frances, then 11...."
Woody Allen might approve of this kind of relationship these days, but I doubt anyone else would.
From The Complete Book of U.S. Presidents by William A. Degregorio:
"A longtime close friend of Oscar Folsom, Cleveland at 27 met his future wife shortly after she was born. He took an avuncular [uncle-like] interest in the child, buying her a baby carriage and otherwise doting on her as she grew up. When her father died in a buggy accident in 1875 without having provided a will [strange, seeing as how he was a lawyer], the court appointed Cleveland administrator of his estate. This brought Cleveland into still more contact with Frances, then 11...."
Woody Allen might approve of this kind of relationship these days, but I doubt anyone else would.
