page_title: Murchison letter
hierarchical_section_title: Murchison letter
caption_attribution_description: Lord L. S. Sackville-West
context_page_description: The Murchison letter was a political scandal during the United States presidential election of 1888 between Grover Cleveland of New York, the incumbent president and a Democrat, and the Republican nominee Benjamin Harrison. The letter was sent by Sir Lionel Sackville-West to "Charles F. Murchison"; in the letter, Sir Lionel suggested that Cleveland was preferred president from the British point of view. The Republicans published this letter just two weeks before the election, and turned many Irish-American voters away from Cleveland. Cleveland lost New York and Indiana. Sackville-West was sacked as British ambassador.
context_section_description: The Murchison letter was a political scandal during the United States presidential election of 1888 between Grover Cleveland of New York, the incumbent president and a Democrat, and the Republican nominee Benjamin Harrison. The letter was sent by Sir Lionel Sackville-West to "Charles F. Murchison" (actually a political operative posing as a British expatriate); in the letter, Sir Lionel suggested that Cleveland was preferred president from the British point of view. The Republicans published this letter just two weeks before the election, and turned many Irish-American voters away from Cleveland. Cleveland lost New York and Indiana (and as a result, the presidency). Sackville-West was sacked as British ambassador.
caption: Lionel Sackville-West
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