Harrison’s grandson, Benjamin Harrison, defeated incumbent Grover Cleveland in the 1888 presidential election. Cleveland had been the first Democrat in the White House since James Buchanan (1857 ...

On this day in 1888, President Grover Cleveland, a New York Democrat, running against the Republican nominee, Benjamin Harrison, a former U.S. senator from Indiana, failed to secure a second term.

A Richmond man’s name was on the lips of nearly everyone in the nation because he had thrown the Nov. 6, 1888 presidential election. News Sports Life Opinion Advertise Obituaries eNewspaper Legals.

This became the main question in the 1888 presidential election, with incumbent President Grover Cleveland, a Democrat, pushing for tariff cuts and Republican challenger Benjamin Harrison calling ...

In the presidential election of 1888, Benjamin Harrison defeated incumbent Grover Cleveland. Levi P. Morton was Harrison's running mate. Morton was a congressman from New York and a former ...

Another sign of how close presidential elections are this century: ... And, it should be noted, that was the last era that produced split popular vote/electoral vote decisions, in 1876 and 1888.