Monday, December 7, 2020

Has there ever been a contentions Presidential transition before 2020?

In 1888, President Grover Cleveland ran for re-election but lost the Electoral College vote to Benjamin Harrison--even though Cleveland won the popular vote.  In 1892, Cleveland again ran against Harrison but this time won both the popular as well as the Electoral College vote by huge margins.  Before they left office, Harrison's folks did everything it could to ensure that Cleveland would have a tough go of it once he was sworn in as president.  

Did their strategy work?  Was Cleveland hampered by all of the sabotage?  Click the picture to be taken to the story.