United States Presidential Election of 1892 (T2.1)

The United States presidential election of 1892 was the 27th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 8, 1892.

Republican Nomination
The Republican Nomination was not really contested as current president Maurice Collins was popular in his party. However, since his nomination as Vice President in 1888 (despite only being 31, too young to be President, he received 36 faithless votes, making him the single most voted for candidate in the electoral college that was not running.) Bathtub Entrepreneur William Taft had a strong case for nomination, now being 35. He was also a candidate for nomination in both other major parties.

On the first ballot, President Collins and Vice President Taft were unanimously re-nominated as President and Vice President.

Democratic Nomination
The Democratic Nomination was heavily contested between Texas Governor Archie Luna, Vice President William Taft, Former President Grover Cleveland. Indiana Senator Dexter Cannon, former President and convicted Serial Killer Dr. Quincy DeVito, Congressman and Grandson of former Secretary of State Warren Gardner Calvin Gardner, North Carolina Senator Frasier Roosevelt, and Former Secretary of the Interior Rex Price.

After the first ballot, DeVito's name was withdrawn, after the second ballot, Price's name was withdrawn, after the fifth ballot, Cannon's name was withdrawn, by the sixth ballot Gardner's name was removed. Over the next three ballots, Archie Luna led, with Grover Cleveland taking over that lead by the ninth ballot, then Luna withdrew after the tenth ballot, at last, on the final (eleventh) ballot, dark-horse candidate and Republican Vice President William Taft was nominated, with former President Grover Cleveland as vice president, Taft was quoted as saying "Unlike my father, i've always seen myself as more of a Democrat, and at least if we do lose, i will still be Vice President."

Populist Nomination
The Populist Nomination was another heavily contested one, as many people sought to be the first nominee of what was believed to be a future major political party at the time. It was contested between Vice President William Taft, Wyoming Senator Andrew Coleman, Oil Tycoon Jim Manning, West Virginia Congressman Stephen D'Muzio, Oregon Governor Oscar Burke, Alabama Governor Homer Carter, Supreme Court Justice John Fields, Reverend Leroy Ellis, and finally, Proffesor Trevor Zimmerman.

This was a very heated convention, with Coleman, Manning, and Carter withdrawing on the first ballot, followed by Ellis and Zimmerman on the second, and Fields on the fourth. The convention seemed to be heading in the direction of also nominating Taft, but his lead diminished by the tenth ballot, Taft withdrew on the eleventh ballot. after that, the convention deadlocked between Oscar Burke and Stephen D'Muzio, with which finally, after the twenty-second ballot, Stephen D'Muzio was nominated for President, with Oscar Burke as Vice-President.