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New York Delegation Helped Elect Grover Cleveland
A long account recalls New York Democrats voting for Hill at the convention and sending Cleveland to defeat through strategic support. The piece reflects on convention politics, party dynamics, and the enduring influence of New York in national nominating battles, with emphasis on historical fears of Caesarism and centralization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Bennett Hill
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
New York State
New York
Atlantic
Buffalo
Lake Erie
Hill
Tammanyites
Washington
Union
Massachusetts
Boston
Boaston
Capitol
Roosevelt
Congress
United States Senate
Pola
Pla
Allieg
Ational
Ashington
Polis
Theodore Roosevelt
Legislative Branch
Republc
San Daily
Baltimore
Cincinnati
Horace Greeley
B. Gratz Brown
General Grant
Grant
Republic
Cagnariam
America
August Belmont
Belmont
New Yorker
Lee
Appomattox
Lake Front
Chicago