Grover Cleveland won the 1892 presidential election defeating incumbent President Benjamin Harrison. In the 1892 presidential election Grover Cleveland received 277 electoral votes and Benjamin Harrison received 145 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Cleveland 5,551,883 and Harrison 5,179,244. People's Party candidate James Weaver received 1,027,329 popular votes for President, but no electoral votes.
James B. Weaver
The People's Party (Populist) in 1892.
populist
William McKinley won the 1896 presidential election defeating William J. Bryan. In the 1896 presidential election William McKinley received 271 electoral votes and William Bryan received 176 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were McKinley 7,108,480 and Bryan 6,511,495.
In 1892, James B. Weaver was the presidential candidate for the Populist Party, also known as the People's Party. He was a former Union Army officer and a prominent advocate for agrarian and labor issues. Weaver's campaign focused on issues such as the regulation of railroads, the establishment of a graduated income tax, and the free coinage of silver to increase the money supply. Although he did not win the election, he garnered significant support, reflecting the growing discontent among farmers and laborers at the time.
James Baird Weaver (June 12, 1833 - February 6, 1912) never became President of the United States.He did, however, run for President twice on third-party tickets.1st as the presidential nominee of the Greenback Party in 1880.2nd as the presidential nominee of the People's (Populist) Party - a party he helped create - in 1892.
James B. Weaver
The Populist Party was popular in Cleveland, Ohio where it began. It first appeared in the Presidential election of 1892.
Grover Cleveland won the 1892 presidential election defeating incumbent President Benjamin Harrison. In the 1892 presidential election Grover Cleveland received 277 electoral votes and Benjamin Harrison received 145 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Cleveland 5,551,883 and Harrison 5,179,244. People's Party candidate James Weaver received 1,027,329 popular votes for President, but no electoral votes.
James B. Weaver was the Greenback labor candidate in 1880.
he supported many populist policies
James B. Weaver