U.S. presidential election, 1892

The U.S. presidential election of 1892 was held on November 8, 1892. New York's Grover Cleveland returned to defeat incumbent President Benjamin Harrison to become the only person to be elected to non-consecutive Presidential terms. Cleveland, who had won the popular vote against Harrison in 1888, won both the popular and electoral vote in the rematch.

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November 8 - 1892 - New York - Grover Cleveland - Benjamin Harrison

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Cleveland also became the first Democrat to be nominated by his party for a third time, a distinction that would be held by William Jennings Bryan in 1908 and Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1940 .

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Democrat - William Jennings Bryan - 1908 - Franklin D. Roosevelt - 1940

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