Cleveland Administrations - Cleveland and Congress
Cleveland and Congress
First Term Congresses
In his first administration, Cleveland presided over the Forty-ninth and Fiftieth sessions of Congress. In the Forty-ninth session the Republicans controlled the Senate 42 to 34, while the Democrats had a majority in the House of Representatives of 182 to 141 (with two representatives from third parties). In the Fiftieth session the majorities were more slender. There were 39 Republicans and 37 Democrats in the Senate, and in the House 167 Democrats sat with 152 Republicans along with six third-party representatives.
One of Cleveland's main goals in his relations with Congress was to restore the balance between the executive and the legislative branches. Powerful congressional leaders had tended to dominate policy in years past. Since Andrew Johnson's impeachment trial in 1868 for a Reconstruction policy...
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