Michael J. Dwyer
- Position
- Doorkeeper
- Years in President's House
- circa 1885 – 1889
- Gender
- Male
- Presidency
- Grover Cleveland First Term
- Biography
Michael J. Dwyer was born in New York; his date of birth is unclear at this time.1
When Grover Cleveland first became president in 1885, he brought Dwyer to Washington, D.C. from Albany, New York, meaning that Dwyer likely worked for Cleveland prior to his presidency. Dwyer was employed at the White House as a doorkeeper where he coordinated the president’s schedule, managed access to the White House and the Executive Offices, maintained order, and ushered visitors into the Executive Mansion. In this position he earned $1,200 per year. He continued to work at the White House until March 1889 when he was dismissed by Cleveland’s successor, President Benjamin Harrison, who replaced many Cleveland staff members with his own people. 2
Dwyer’s life outside of the White House remains unclear.
- There were many individuals with the name Michael Dwyer or Michael J. Dwyer living in or near Washington, D.C., making it difficult to determine the correct information without further information. “Changes at the White House,” The Evening World (New York), May 21, 1889, https://www.newspapers.com/image/78644140/?match=1&terms=%22A.%20M.%20Sprague%22%20White%20House; Official Register of the United States, 1885, (Government Printing Office, 1885), 19, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.c087112112&seq=33&q1=Dwyer.
- Official Register of the United States, 1885, (Government Printing Office, 1885), 19, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.c087112112&seq=33&q1=Dwyer; Official Register of the United States, 1887, (Government Printing Office, 1887), 21, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.c109287304&seq=33&q1=Dwyer; “Changes at the White House,” The Evening World (New York), May 21, 1889, https://www.newspapers.com/image/78644140/?match=1&terms=%22A.%20M.%20Sprague%22%20White%20House.
- Birthplace
- New York, USA
- Burial Place
- Unclear from Context
- Blue markers indicate birthplaces and green markers indicate burial places. Black markers are used for places of both birth and burial.
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