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Chronicling America is a searchable digital collection of historic newspaper pages through 1963 sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress.
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Also, see the Directory of U.S. Newspapers in American Libraries, a searchable index to newspapers published in the United States since 1690, which helps researchers identify what titles exist for a specific place and time, and how to access them.
After losing the 1888 presidential election despite being the incumbent, Grover Cleveland returned for another chance at the Presidency in 1892 as the Democratic nominee. Cleveland defeated incumbent President Benjamin Harrison in 1892 to become the only president elected for two non-consecutive terms. Read more about it!
The information in this guide focuses on primary source materials found in the digitized historic newspapers from the digital collection Chronicling America.
The timeline below highlights important dates related to this topic and a section of this guide provides some suggested search strategies for further research in the collection.
| June 7-10, 1892 | Republican Nation Convention nominates incumbent President Benjamin Harrison for re-election. |
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| June 21-23, 1892 | Democratic National Convention nominates Grover Cleveland as their Presidential candidate. |
| October 25, 1892 | First Lady Caroline Harrison dies after long illness, further subduing Harrison campaign. |
| November 8, 1892 | Grover Cleveland becomes only President in U.S. history to win non-consecutive second term. |
