Campaigning at Case: Presidential Elections,
1892-2008
1892: Early Activism
The earliest student presidential campaign activity documented
in the archives is 1892’s contest between Grover Cleveland
(D) and Benjamin Harrison (R). WRU’s students rallied around
the Republicans, while Ohio and the country went Democratic.
| The snippet (right) taken from the Adelbert
College student newspaper The Adelbert (left), reveals
the sentiments of the majority of the undergraduate men
students at WRU. William McKinley was the governor of Ohio
at the time. |
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| The women undergraduate students at WRU voted
for the Republican ticket. This snippet (right) is taken
from a page in The College Folio (left), student
publication of the College for Women. |
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Ohio Popular Vote |
National Popular Vote |
Electoral Vote |
Benjamin Harrison (R) 405,187 (47.7%)
Grover Cleveland (D) 404,115 (47.5%)
John Bidwell (Prohibition) 26,012 (3.1%)
James B. Weaver (People’s) 14,850 (1.8%) |
Grover Cleveland (D) 5,551,883 (46.05%)
Benjamin Harrison (R) 5,179,244 (42.96%)
James B. Weaver (People’s) 1,024,280 (8.5%)
John Bidwell (Prohibition) 270,770 (2.25%) |
Grover Cleveland (D) 277
Benjamin Harrison (R) 145
James B. Weaver (People’s) 22 |
Information was compiled by staff of the Case Western Reserve
University Archives, September 2004.
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