During
the election of 1892 Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison, and James Weaver ran
for president. President Cleveland ran for his second term against President
Harrison, which also ran for his second term. During the election of 1892
Cleveland defeated Harrison, which made him become the only person in US
history to be elected to a second, non-consecutive presidential term. The
new Populist Party, which took this election on
by a storm, formed by groups from the Grange, the
Farmers' Alliances, and the Knights of Labor, which racked in a ton of votes in
this election but Cleveland won easily. The Republican Party supported high
tariffs, bimetallism, stiffer immigration laws, free rural mail delivery, and a
canal across Central America. The Populist Party was based on poor white cotton
farmers from the south. The Populist candidate Weaver received strong support
for his position promoting the minting of silver.
There was no campaigning by either candidate. Cleveland enjoyed solid support in the South and the Swing States, and managed to draw a number of votes from Republicans who were unhappy with Harrison. Weaver and the Populists became the first third party since 1860 to register electoral votes. A big affect of the election would have to be to Cleveland’s wife becoming ill and dyeing two weeks before the election.
There was no campaigning by either candidate. Cleveland enjoyed solid support in the South and the Swing States, and managed to draw a number of votes from Republicans who were unhappy with Harrison. Weaver and the Populists became the first third party since 1860 to register electoral votes. A big affect of the election would have to be to Cleveland’s wife becoming ill and dyeing two weeks before the election.
