If you think this year’s political campaigning is contentious, you might be amazed by Cincinnati’s 1884 city election. It was a real riot. In 1884, Cincinnati was ruled by a mostly Democratic ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Historians Elizabeth Leonard and Earle Shettleworth discussed the 1884 presidential election between Grover Cleveland and Jame G. Blaine. The ...

If you think the 2016 campaign was rough, check out the 1884 election. The poet Walt Whitman was watching, and he wrote a poem called “Election Day November 1884." ...

FILE – President Grover Cleveland poses for a photo. Cleveland won the 1884 election. The Gazette endorsed his opponent James … ...

When Grover Cleveland clinched the Democratic nomination and faced an allegation of misconduct, he wrote up a new political playbook.

Does this year’s election cycle seem tame yet? But the closest parallel to the 2016 campaign is 1884. The GOP, in the White House for 24 years, was rife with divisions and corruption.

America may elect its first woman president Tuesday, but it won't be the first time a female candidate had a significant impact on the outcome of a presidential election. That honor goes to Belva ...

If you think the 2016 campaign was rough, check out the 1884 election. The poet Walt Whitman was watching, and he wrote a poem called “Election Day November 1884." ...

Historians Elizabeth Leonard and Earle Shettleworth discussed the 1884 presidential election between Grover Cleveland and Jame G. Blaine. The election and the campaign was significant for the ...

In 1884, although she received few votes, Lockwood might have done just well enough in the election to push New York State into the Democratic column, thus putting Buffalo's most famous politician ...