This election featured more vice-presidential candidates than presidential candidates, and Tom Watson won twenty-seven electoral votes for vice president despite being ignored by his running mate.
This election featured more vice-presidential candidates than presidential candidates, and Tom Watson won twenty-seven electoral votes for vice president despite being ignored by his running mate. Florence Kelley and Mary Lease notably campaigned for the eventual major-party loser, who did not earn his party's nomination until Altgeld transferred votes from Richard Bland. Henry Teller walked out of the Republicans' St. Louis convention over the main issue in this election, coinage. For ten points, identify this election famous for the "Cross of Gold" speech, the first time William Jennings Bryan lost to William McKinley.
This election featured more vice-presidential candidates than presidential candidates, and Tom Watson won twenty-seven electoral votes for vice president despite being ignored by his running mate.
the Election of {1896}