1888 United States presidential election

The 1888 United States presidential election was the 26th election in the history of the United States. It occurred on November 6, 1888. This election was between Incumbent President Grover Cleveland of New York and former U.S Senator from Indiana and grandson of former President William Henry Harrison, Benjamin Harrison. Harrison won the election with 233 electoral votes. Cleveland got only 168 electoral votes.

 Candidates 

 Republican Party 
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 Presidential 
 Benjamin Harrison, former U.S. senator from Indiana (1881-1887) (Nominee)
 John Sherman, U.S. senator from Ohio (1861-1877; 1881-1897) 
 Russell A. Alger, 20th Governor of Michigan (1885-1887) 
 Walter Q. Gresham, 35th Secretary of the Treasury from Indiana (1884) 
 William B. Allison, U.S. senator from Iowa (1873-1904) (Withdrew after 7th Ballot)
 Chauncey Depew, President of the New York Central Railroad from New York (1885-1898) (Withdrew after 3rd Ballot)
 Jeremiah M. Rusk, 15th Governor of Wisconsin (1882-1889) (Withdrew after 3rd Ballot)
 Edwin H. Fitler, Mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1887-1891) (Withdrew after 1st Ballot)
 Joseph R. Hawley, U.S. senator from Connecticut (1881-1905) (Withdrew after 1st Ballot)
 James G. Blaine, 28th U.S. Secretary of State from Maine (1881; 1889-1892) (1884 Nominee) (Recommended Harrison) (Not nominated) 
 John J. Ingalls, U.S. senator from Kansas (1873-1891) (Not nominated)
 William W. Phelps, Congressman of New Jersey (1873-1875; 1883-1889) (Not nominated)
 William McKinley, Congressman of Ohio (1877-1884; 1885-1891) (Not nominated) (1896 Nominee) (Became POTUS in 1897)
 Frederick Douglass, Suffragist (1844-1895) and former abolitionist from Washington D.C. (1844-1865) (Not nominated)

 Vice-presidential 

 Levi P. Morton, former Minister to France from New York (1881-1885) (Vice-Presidential Nominee)
 William W. Phelps, Congressman of New Jersey (1873-1875; 1883-1889)
 William O'Connell Bradley, Republican gubernatorial candidate in the 1887 Kentucky gubernatorial election

 Democratic Party 
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 Presidential 
 Grover Cleveland, 22nd President of the United States (1885-1889) (Nominee)

 Vice-presidential 

 Allen G. Thurman, former Senator of Ohio (1869-1881) (Vice-Presidential Nominee)
 Isaac P. Gray, Governor of Indiana (1880-1881; 1885-1889)
 John C. Black, United States Commissioner of Pensions (1885-1889)

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References

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