grover cleveland

Why did no viable and long-term Socialist, Labor, or any sort of Left-Wing Party ever emerge in the United States? It's a question many people have wondered and tried to answer for many years with various answers ranging from poor socialist leadership, individualism and laissez-faire being core...

IOTL, President Grover Cleveland holds the distinction of being the only man to be President twice, as he was first elected in 1884, then defeated narrowly in 1888, before coming back in 1892. He lost in 1888 because he failed to hold two extremely narrow and competitive swing states, Indiana...

So let’s say that somehow someway Grover Cleveland wins re-election over Benjamin Harrison in the 1888 Presidential Election. 1892 rolls around and William McKinley is elected Presidency. The Panic of 1893 still happens (unless a second Cleveland term would have prevented it) causing the...

Who would the Democratic nominee be in 1892 if Cleveland didn't run again and would he win against Harrison?

In 1888, Democratic President Grover Cleveland lost re-election to Republican candidate Benjamin Harrison. While he would reclaim the White House in 1892, the closeness of the 1888 election (all Cleveland needed was 15,000 more votes in the state of New York) and the eventual political emergence...

Basic what if President Arthur beat Blaine in the 1884 Republican primaries and how would he fair against Grover Cleveland in the Presidential election

So, after spending at least a few weeks/months on this site while lurking, I guess I should begin to write my first timeline for this website. My idea is one of these three ideas. once it's decided, then I'll create a planning thread for those interested or I can send them a link to my social...

What if Grover Cleveland lost the 1892 presidential election? How might things be different?

In 1893, President Grover Cleveland tragically died while under going surgery for throat cancer. The operation was a botched affair, carried out in secret on a boat in the middle of the night. Vice-President Adlai Stevenson, who succeeded Cleveland upon his death, was not told until after the...

In 1884 President Chester Alan Arthur was rather popular with much of the country, yet the onset of Bright's Disease prevented him from waging an active fight for his party's nomination. Further, tensions between reformers and conservatives halted the momentum that did exist for his nomination...

IOTL, certain conservative Bourbon Democrats wanted former President Grover Cleveland to run in 1904 against Theodore Roosevelt. Cleveland ultimately declined to run, as did the choice of the party's populist left branch, William Jennings Bryan. The Democratic nominee in 1904 ended up being New...

I just saw a show which talked about how Joseph Pulitzer reported on an extravagant dinner thrown in honor of James Blaine a few days before the election of 1884. At a time when a lot of the people were poor, this portrayed Blaine as a fat cat and turned the election against him. Supposedly...

The POD for this is in 1976. Reagan's primary challenge against President Ford is successful with the possible Pod being that Reagan does not name Schweiker as his running mate until after he secures the nomination. Carter, despite running a flawed campaign in the general election, defeats...