Editing Grover Cleveland (section)

===Campaign against Harrison===
[[File:ElectoralCollege1892.svg|thumb|upright=1.35|Results of the 1892 election]]
The Republicans renominated President Harrison, making the 1892 election a rematch of the one four years earlier. Unlike the turbulent and controversial elections of 1876, 1884, and 1888, the 1892 election was, according to Cleveland biographer Allan Nevins, "the cleanest, quietest, and most creditable in the memory of the post-war generation",<ref>Nevins, 498</ref> in part because Harrison's wife, [[Caroline Harrison|Caroline]], was dying of tuberculosis.<ref>Calhoun, 149</ref> Harrison did not personally campaign at all. Following Caroline Harrison's death on October 25, two weeks before the national election, Cleveland and all of the other candidates stopped campaigning, thus making Election Day a somber and quiet event for the whole country as well as the candidates.{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}

The issue of the tariff had worked to the Republicans' advantage in 1888. Now, however, the legislative revisions of the past four years had made imported goods so expensive that by 1892, many voters favored tariff reform and were skeptical of big business.<ref>Nevins, 499</ref> Many Westerners (traditionally Republican voters), defected to [[James B. Weaver]], the candidate of the new [[Populist Party (United States)|Populist Party]]. Weaver promised free silver, generous veterans' pensions, and an [[eight-hour work day]].<ref>Graff, 106–107; Nevins, 505–506</ref> The Tammany Hall Democrats adhered to the national ticket, allowing a united Democratic party to carry New York.<ref>Graff, 108</ref> At the campaign's end, many Populists and labor supporters endorsed Cleveland following an attempt by the Carnegie Corporation to break the union during the [[Homestead strike]] in Pittsburgh and after a similar [[Coal Creek War|conflict between big business and labor at the Tennessee Coal and Iron Co]].<ref>Tugwell, 184–185</ref> The final result was a victory for Cleveland by wide margins in both the popular and electoral votes, and it was Cleveland's third consecutive popular vote plurality.

Cleveland's victory made him the first U.S. president and thus far only Democrat to serve two nonconsecutive terms.<ref>{{Leip PV source 2|year=1892|as of=February 22, 2008}}, {{National Archives EV source|year=1892|as of=February 22, 2008}}</ref> He remained the only president to do so until 2025, when Republican [[Donald J. Trump]] began a second term after winning the [[2024 United States presidential election|2024 election]]; Trump had previously been president from 2017 to 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Klassen |first=Thomas |date=2025-01-19 |title=What does Trump have in store for the world in his second term? History provides some clues |url=https://theconversation.com/what-does-trump-have-in-store-for-the-world-in-his-second-term-history-provides-some-clues-244616 |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=[[The Conversation (website)|The Conversation]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
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