This quiz tests PRESIDENTIAL MISTRESSES Maria Halpin and Grover Cleveland. In the early 1870s, bachelor Cleveland met store clerk Maria. He was, in fact, one of several gentlemen who 'befriended' her. In 1874, she revealed that she was pregnant and claimed that Cleveland was the father. All her other male friends were married with families of their own, and it isn't clear whether Maria really believed the bachelor Cleveland was responsible or was just naming the man most likely to confess and marry her. Nonetheless, Cleveland accepted financial responsibility for both Maria and the child History Knowledge Quizzes, Trivia, IQ Tests
This History IQ Quiz is based upon the selector PRESIDENTIAL MISTRESSES by Sally Hemings. Test your knowledge of: Maria Halpin and Grover Cleveland. In the early 1870s, bachelor Cleveland met store clerk Maria. He was, in fact, one of several gentlemen who 'befriended' her. In 1874, she revealed that she was pregnant and claimed that Cleveland was the father. All her other male friends were married with families of their own, and it isn't clear whether Maria really believed the bachelor Cleveland was responsible or was just naming the man most likely to confess and marry her. Nonetheless, Cleveland accepted financial responsibility for both Maria and the child
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