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Democratic Party candidate Grover Cleveland won Wisconsin with 47.75% of the popular vote, winning the state's twelve electoral votes. [1] This was the closest presidential election in Wisconsin to that point and would retain that distinction until 1976
President Cleveland was renominated by acclamation. An event few could directly remember, as the last time a Democrat was renominated was 48 years earlier, in 1840. Presidents Franklin Pierce and Andrew Johnson lost the nomination in 1856 and 1868 respectively, and Presidents James K. Polk and James Buchanan refused to run for a second term.
This article is a list of United States presidential candidates. The first U.S. presidential election was held in 1788–1789, followed by the second in 1792. Presidential elections have been held every four years thereafter. Presidential candidates win the election by winning a majority of the electoral vote.
The 1892 Democratic National Convention was held in Chicago, Illinois, from June 21 to 23, 1892. and nominated former President Grover Cleveland, who had been the party's standard-bearer in 1884 and 1888. Adlai Stevenson I of Illinois was nominated for vice president.
The tallest unsuccessful presidential candidate (who is also the tallest of all presidential candidates) is Winfield Scott, who stood at 6 ft 5 in (196 cm) and lost the 1852 election to Franklin Pierce, who stood at 5 ft 10 in (178 cm). The second-tallest unsuccessful candidate is John Kerry at 6 ft 4 in (193 cm).
However, there is a more recent example of an impressive Presidential comeback, albeit not done exactly like Grover Cleveland, or Donald Trump: Richard Nixon. The 1960 election was the first one ...
Presidential candidate Party Home state Popular vote Electoral vote Running mate Count Percentage Vice-presidential candidate Home state Electoral vote Grover Cleveland: Democratic: New York: 5,553,898 46.02% 277 Adlai E. Stevenson I: Illinois: 277 Benjamin Harrison (incumbent) Republican: Indiana: 5,190,819 43.01% 145 Whitelaw Reid: New York ...
But Democrat Grover Cleveland is the only president to serve nonconsecutive terms, from 1885 to 1889 and from 1893 to 1897, according to the University of Virginia’s Miller Center, which ...