Presidential election of 1892 - TheUSAPresidents.com

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Twenty-seventh American presidential election of 1892

Date

Candidates

Republican party

Benjamin Harrison, winner
William McKinley
James Blaine

Democratic party

Grover Cleveland, winner
David Hill
Horace Boies

People's party

James Weaver, winner
James Kyle
Leonidas Polk (died before nominating caucus)
Walter Q. Gresham (declined)

Final tickets

Campaining & major issues

Benjamin Harrison's first term as president did not go so well. The economy was beginning to fall and was hurt due to the high tariffs of the Harrison administration. Americans began to realize that Grover Cleveland's policies may have been better, and Cleveland was brought back to the political scene. An interesting fact is that Cleveland's first lady, Frances, told the White House when they left in 1889, to keep the place clean, as they would return. Would they be right? Well, there was one more force in this election that made it special. The populist movement had grown in 1892, and it all formed into a new political party called the "People's Party", also known as the Populists. The party was pro-worker, believing in more working regulations and fixed income taxes for workers. Though they were unlikely to win, they were still a big force to be reckened with.

Electoral college & turn-out

With six new states, the electoral college grew to 444 electors; 223 needed to win. This would be the greatest increase of states in an election ever (unless you count the first election of 1788-1789). 12,068,037 people voted in this election.

Results

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