Harrison victory parade, 1888.
- the first time an incumbent Democratic president had been renominated since Dutch speaking Martin Van Buren in 1840.
- Only in 3 other elections the winner in popular votes did not become the president: Andrew Jackson in 1824, Samuel J. Tilden in 1876, and Al Gore in 2000.
- If in New York, Cleveland's home state, 7187 voters (from the 1.319.748) would have voted for Cleveland instead of Harrison the latter would have lost the election (source).
- When the former First Lady Frances Cleveland left the White House, she assured the staff that they would return in four years, which they did.
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A "very informative curiosity".
ReplyDeleteLet's hope the next election - in waiting for a native North-American some day would become President of the USA - will give a clearer result.
Can you name the two ex-presidents who are eligible to try and repeat Groovy Grover's feat?
ReplyDeleteCarter and Bush Sr, but somehow I don't see them pulling it off in any possible future. Obama will be a strong contender if he narrowly looses the upcoming election at the young age of 51.
DeleteYou and are I are the some wavelength today. I'm working on a post related to Grover Cleveland's campaign memorabilia. Last week I focused on campaign items from Abraham Lincoln's first presidential election in 1860. I enjoyed the facts/trivia you included at the end of your post.
ReplyDeleteLeave it to us Americans to keep using such a crazy system --
ReplyDeleteIt's a bit archaic, but it also protects the interests of the smaller States (I can relate since I'm living in a smaller state myself, albeit the European variant).
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