United States Presidential Election, 1888 (Confederate Wipe Out CYOAH)

The United States presidential election of 1888 was the 26th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 6, 1888. It saw Republican nominee Benjamin Harrison, a former U.S. Senator from Indiana defeat the Democratic nominee Grover Cleveland from New York. The economy was prosperous and the nation was at peace, Harrison had won in the electoral college, but had lost a plurality of the popular vote by a narrow margin.