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The '''US presidential election of 1888''' was not one filled with hard campaigning on both sides.  [[President]] [[Grover Cleveland]], a [[Democrat]], was busy seeing to the affairs of the Presidency, while [[Benjamin Harrison]], a [[Republican]] campaigned hard to protect high tariffs.  That was the central issue of the year. <ref>Encyclopedia of Presidents, Grover Cleveland, by Zachary Kent, Children's Press, 1988. </ref>  Although, Democrats did try to campaign the results of the election would show:

The '''US presidential election of 1888''' was not one filled with hard campaigning on both sides.  [[President]] [[Grover Cleveland]], a [[Democrat]], was busy seeing to the affairs of the Presidency, while [[Benjamin Harrison]], a [[Republican]] campaigned hard to protect high tariffs.  That was the central issue of the year.<ref>Encyclopedia of Presidents, Grover Cleveland, by Zachary Kent, Children's Press, 1988.</ref>  Although, Democrats did try to campaign the results of the election would show:

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<ref> [[A Pictoral History of the U.S. Presidents]], by Clare Gibson, Gramercy Books, 2001. </ref>  

<ref>[[A Pictoral History of the U.S. Presidents]], by Clare Gibson, Gramercy Books, 2001.</ref>  

For the second time in 12 years, the winner of the popular vote lost the election.  The same thing happened in [[United States presidential election, 1876|1876]].  Cleveland failed to carry his home state of [[New York]].  If he had, then he would have had enough electoral votes to win the election.  But Cleveland wouldn't be counted out.  He would come back to win the Presidency again in [[United States presidential election, 1892|1892]], thus becoming the only President to serve two non-consecutive terms.

For the second time in 12 years, the winner of the popular vote lost the election.  The same thing happened in [[United States presidential election, 1876|1876]].  Cleveland failed to carry his home state of [[New York]].  If he had, then he would have had enough electoral votes to win the election.  But Cleveland wouldn't be counted out.  He would come back to win the Presidency again in [[United States presidential election, 1892|1892]], thus becoming the only President to serve two non-consecutive terms.