What U.S. president taught at a school for the blind and wrote a book about cows?

Answer 1

Grover Cleveland



http://www.grovercleveland.org/
"....His older brother William was a teacher at the New York Institute for the Blind and Cleveland was hired on as a teacher. ..."

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http://www.bookrags.com/history/industrial-united-states-government-and-politics/sub22.html

"....By the end of 1854 he was back in upstate New York, where an uncle in Buffalo hired him to assist in compiling a herd book of shorthorn cattle...."

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The "..wrote a book about cows.." part is a bit tricky.

I don't think Cleveland actually authored a book about cows.

Most all references skim over a short period of of his early life where he was hired temporarily by an Uncle who had a major dairy farm.

Prior to that Cleveland had been employed in a store,,and had been involved with the accounting/records keeping at the store.

Cleveland's uncle apparently had Cleveland to either Create,,or Edit,,or Update the farm's Cattle Herdbook.
As best as I can determine.

A Herdbook is sorta like a family tree of all the lineage and pedigrees of the animals in the herd.
It's a comprehensive biography of the cattle.
It details all sorts of facts and info used in managing the herd.
Breeding,Cross breeding,,documents births,,ages,,milk/meat production,etc,,vaccinations,,vet care,,,and so on

I suspect this is the "book about cows" Cleveland is said to have been involved with writing.

Not a Book in common terms,,but more of an "accounting book/ledger"

Answer 2

Would that be Taft? I know he was also an educator.