It was the largest total vote and highest percentage of the vote received by any Prohibition Party national ticket. Wyoming, having attained statehood two years earlier, became the first state to allow women to vote in a presidential election since 1804.
(Women in New Jersey had the right to vote under the state's original constitution, but this right was rescinded in 1807.) Wyoming was also one of six states (along with North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Washington, and Idaho) participating in their first presidential election.
Cleveland was the third of only five presidents to win re-election with a smaller percentage of the popular vote than in previous elections, although in the two prior such incidents — James Madison in 1812 and Andrew Jackson in 1832 — not all states held popular elections.
Additionally, Harrison's loss marked the second time an elected president lost the popular vote twice, the first being John Quincy Adams in the 1820s.
Cleveland was the third of only five presidents to win re-election with a smaller percentage of the popular vote than in previous elections, although in the two prior such incidents — James Madison in 1812 and Andrew Jackson in 1832 — not all states held popular elections.
Cleveland carried Wisconsin and Illinois with their 36 combined electoral votes, a Democratic victory not seen in those states since 1852 and 1856 respectively, and which would not be repeated until Woodrow Wilson's election in 1912.
The Democrats won the presidency and both houses of Congress for the first time since 1856.
Cleveland carried Wisconsin and Illinois with their 36 combined electoral votes, a Democratic victory not seen in those states since 1852 and 1856 respectively, and which would not be repeated until Woodrow Wilson's election in 1912.
Weaver, calling for free coinage of silver and an inflationary monetary policy, received such strong support in the West that he become the only third-party nominee between 1860 and 1912 to carry a single state.
As a result, all of the candidates ceased campaigning. === Results === The margin in the popular vote for Cleveland was 400,000, the largest since Grant's re-election in 1872.
Blaine had been the Republican nominee in 1884 when he was beaten by Democrat Grover Cleveland. Privately, Harrison did not want to be renominated for the presidency, but he remained opposed to the nomination going to Blaine, who he was convinced intended to run, and thought himself the only candidate capable of preventing that.
Ironically, Cleveland saw his popular support decrease not only from his electoral win in 1884, but also from his electoral loss in 1888.
In a rematch of the closely contested 1888 presidential election, former Democratic President Grover Cleveland defeated incumbent Republican President Benjamin Harrison.
A boom began to build around the "draft Blaine" effort with supporters hoping to cause a break towards their candidate. Senator John Sherman from Ohio, who had been the leading candidate for the nomination at the 1888 Republican Convention before Harrison won it, was also brought up as a possible challenger.
Ironically, Cleveland saw his popular support decrease not only from his electoral win in 1884, but also from his electoral loss in 1888.
Volume V, 1888–1901 (1937).
Weaver of Iowa. The campaign centered mainly on economic issues, especially the protectionist 1890 McKinley Tariff.
Cleveland ran on a platform of lowering the tariff and opposed the Republicans' 1890 voting rights proposal.
Hill had begun to run for the position of president unofficially as early as 1890, and even offered former Postmaster General Donald M.
His health had begun to fail, and three of his children had recently died (Walker and Alice in 1890, and Emmons in 1892).
While not as dramatic a loss as in 1890, it would take until the next election cycle for more moderate Republican leaders to pick up the pieces left by the reformist crusaders and bring alienated immigrants back to the fold. Of the 2,683 counties making returns, Cleveland won in 1,389 (51.77%), Harrison carried 1,017 (37.91%), while Weaver placed first in 276 (10.29%).
Though he had remained relatively quiet on the issue of silver versus gold, often deferring to bimetalism, Senate Democrats in January 1891 voted for free coinage of silver.
Gresham, Appellate judge from Indiana ==== Candidates gallery ==== In 1891, the American farmers' alliances met with delegates from labor and reform groups in Cincinnati, Ohio, to discuss the formation of a new political party.
On one such trip, to California in the spring of 1891, she caught a cold.
The 1892 United States presidential election was the 27th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 8, 1892.
Blaine and William McKinley on the first presidential ballot of the 1892 Republican National Convention.
Hill and Horace Boies on the first presidential ballot of the 1892 Democratic National Convention, becoming both the first presidential candidate and Democrat to win his party's presidential nomination in three elections.
The Democrats did not win another presidential election until 1912. == Nominations == === Democratic Party nomination === By the beginning of 1892, many Americans were ready to return to Cleveland's political policies.
His health had begun to fail, and three of his children had recently died (Walker and Alice in 1890, and Emmons in 1892).
Despite the urging of Republican power broker Mark Hanna, McKinley did not put himself forward as a potential candidate, afraid of offending Harrison and Blaine's supporters, while also feeling that the coming election would not favor the Republicans. In any case, the president's forces had the nomination locked up by the time delegates met in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on June 7–10, 1892.
Later he would endorse Grover Cleveland for the presidency. At the first Populist national convention in Omaha, Nebraska, in July 1892, James B.
An invalid the last six months of her life, she died in the White House on October 25, 1892, just two weeks before the national election.
In 1892, it was still a sectionally based party mainly situated in the East, Midwest, and West and was barely visible south of the Mason–Dixon line.
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The Democrats did not win another presidential election until 1912. == Nominations == === Democratic Party nomination === By the beginning of 1892, many Americans were ready to return to Cleveland's political policies.
Cleveland carried Wisconsin and Illinois with their 36 combined electoral votes, a Democratic victory not seen in those states since 1852 and 1856 respectively, and which would not be repeated until Woodrow Wilson's election in 1912.
Weaver, calling for free coinage of silver and an inflationary monetary policy, received such strong support in the West that he become the only third-party nominee between 1860 and 1912 to carry a single state.
Roosevelt in 1940 and 1944 and Barack Obama in 2012. At the county level, the Democratic candidate fared much better than the Republican candidate.
Roosevelt in 1940 and 1944 and Barack Obama in 2012. At the county level, the Democratic candidate fared much better than the Republican candidate.
It was also the first time incumbents were defeated in consecutive elections—the second being Jimmy Carter's defeat of Gerald Ford in 1976, followed by Carter's subsequent loss to Ronald Reagan in 1980.
It was also the first time incumbents were defeated in consecutive elections—the second being Jimmy Carter's defeat of Gerald Ford in 1976, followed by Carter's subsequent loss to Ronald Reagan in 1980.
This would not happen again until 1980.
(September 7, 2009). Source: US Vice President – P Convention.
(September 7, 2009). The Populist platform called for nationalization of the telegraph, telephone, and railroads, free coinage of silver, a graduated income tax, and creation of postal savings banks. === Prohibition Party nomination === Prohibition candidates: John Bidwell, former U.S.
(May 9, 2010). === Socialist Labor Party nomination === The first Socialist Labor Party National Convention assembled in New York City and, despite running on a platform that called for the abolition of the positions of president and vice-president, decided to nominate candidates for those positions: Simon Wing from Massachusetts for president and Charles Matchett from New York for vice-president.
Roosevelt in 1940 and 1944 and Barack Obama in 2012. At the county level, the Democratic candidate fared much better than the Republican candidate.
This feat was not repeated until Donald Trump lost the popular vote in 2016 and 2020. Though some Republicans opposed Harrison's re-nomination, Harrison defeated James G.
This feat was not repeated until Donald Trump lost the popular vote in 2016 and 2020. Though some Republicans opposed Harrison's re-nomination, Harrison defeated James G.
As of 2020, he is the third of six presidential nominees to win a significant number of electoral votes in at least three elections, the others being Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, William Jennings Bryan, Franklin D.
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