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The 1884 presidential election was the first nationwide campaign in which Grover Cleveland participated and the first of two in which he emerged victorious. This election pitted Democratic Party nominee Cleveland against Republican party nominee James G. Blaine and the campaign centered on corruption, civil service reforms, and political scandals.
Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837 – June 24, 1908) served as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, from 1885 to 1889 and again from 1893 to 1897. He was the first Democrat to win election to the presidency after the Civil War and the first of two U.S. presidents to serve nonconsecutive terms.
The Democrats convened in Chicago on July 8–11, 1884, with New York Governor Grover Cleveland as clear frontrunner, the candidate of northern reformers and sound-money men (as opposed to inflationists). Although Tammany Hall bitterly opposed his nomination, the machine represented a minority of the New York delegation. Its only chance to ...
The leading candidate for the presidential nomination was New York Governor Grover Cleveland, as Cleveland's reputation for good government made him a national figure.. The Republican Party nominated James G. Blaine for president in June 1884, although he had been implicated in a financial scandal: many influential Republicans were outraged, believing the time had come for a national reform ...
The 1884 United States elections were held on November 4, electing the members of the 49th United States Congress.The election took place during the Third Party System.The Democratic governor Grover Cleveland of New York defeated Republican secretary of state James G. Blaine in the presidential election.
Cleveland's second inauguration took place eight years after the first, as his two terms in office were not consecutive. He is the first U.S. president to serve non-consecutive terms. [2] In the presidential election of 1884, Cleveland won New York by only 1,500 votes out of over a million cast (Statistics taken from Miller Center).
Grover Cleveland 1884 presidential campaign, a successful election campaign resulting in him being elected the 22nd president of the United States, with Thomas A. Hendricks as running mate; Grover Cleveland 1888 presidential campaign, an unsuccessful re-election campaign, with Allen G. Thurman as running mate
Grover Cleveland was president of the United States first from March 4, 1885, to March 4, 1889, and then from March 4, 1893, to March 4, 1897. The first Democrat elected after the Civil War, Cleveland was the first U.S. president to leave office after one term and later be elected for a second term, [a] and the only one to date to have served two full non-consecutive terms.