In 1904, Democrats were torn between their progressive and conservative factions as they faced an erratic Republican president. Sound familiar? Let’s see how this one turned out!
1904 – THEODORE ROOSEVELT VS ALTON B. PARKER
Category: Series I
1900 – WILLIAM MCKINLEY VS WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN, pt. II – TWENTIETH CENTURY REMATCH!
So long, 1800s! The century of Jefferson, Jackson, and Lincoln was coming to an end. William McKinley's decisive victory in the last election affirmed the Gold Standard as voters' preferred solution to the latest economic depression. Would they want McKinley to stay and lead them into the Twentieth Century?
1896 – WILLIAM MCKINLEY VS WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
Right at the end of Benjamin Harrison’s term, the US entered yet another economic depression. The Panic of 1893 sent American life into a tailspin, deepening the monetary debate. Free Silver threatened to tear apart both parties. Could gold supporters hold out?
1892 – GROVER CLEVELAND VS BENJAMIN HARRISON, pt. II (ALSO VS JAMES WEAVER)
Don’t worry, you didn’t click the wrong post! In 1892, Grover Cleveland was back for revenge against the man who dethroned him. But the real action was in the People's Party, whose army of farmers aimed to disrupt the status quo!
1888 – GROVER CLEVELAND VS BENJAMIN HARRISON
It had been twenty years since a Democrat last occupied the White House. Grover Cleveland ran on a platform of integrity and reform. Would his vision be popular enough for the Democrats to win two presidential elections in a row?
1884 – GROVER CLEVELAND VS JAMES BLAINE – ALSO FEATURING: ARTHUR’S REDEMPTION!
The Half-Breed reformers in the Republican Party had another win with the election of President James A. Garfield. He was ready to finish the job President Hayes started on civil service reform. But Stalwarts like Vice President Chester A. Arthur were intent on maintaining the morally questionable Spoils System. Meanwhile, the Democrats were preparing to make their case as the true party of integrity.
1880 – WINFIELD SCOTT HANCOCK VS JAMES A. GARFIELD
In 1876, the Republican Party bargained the end of Reconstruction for the presidency. Now faced with a solidly Democratic South, and fracturing within their own party, was their political dominance finally coming to an end?
1876 – SAMUEL TILDEN VS RUTHERFORD B HAYES – THE COMPROMISE OF 1877
It was America’s hundredth year of independence! How did the nation celebrate? With the most controversial election in American history!
1872 – ULYSSES S. GRANT VS HORACE GREELEY
Reconstruction was in full swing! But just because the Republicans had a lot of power, didn't mean that everyone in the party was happy. Would President Grant's status as a war hero be enough to win him a second term?
1868 – ULYSSES S. GRANT VS HORATIO SEYMOUR
The end of the Civil War was in sight. But, of course, that wouldn’t be the end of America’s sectional crisis. Reconstruction posed its own set of challenges. Let’s find out how Americans faced this new era!
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