Benjamin Harrison is elected President of USA

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The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.2.2: American (US) Writing and Culture: The Nineteenth Century, 1783-1900.
Vol. editors: J. Michael Duvall (College of Charleston), Emory Elliott (University of California, Riverside), Stephen E. Meats (Pittsburg State University), Tony Papanikolas (San Jose State University)

Domains

Changes of government, elections and reigns

Dates

Date of occurrence 1888-11

Places

United States (Location)

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In the US presidential election, fought primarily on the on tariff issue, Republican candidate Benjamin Harrison secures victory with 233 electoral votes. Grover Cleveland, Democrat, only gains 168 electoral votes, even though he had received the greater number of popular votes.

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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "Benjamin Harrison is elected President of USA". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 30 December 2011 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=19004, accessed 25 April 2024.]

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