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What if Grover Cleveland had served consecutive terms?

The surprisingly significant legacy of Benjamin Harrison's obscure presidency

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Matthew Yglesias
Mar 19, 2025
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Like many of you, I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the election of 1888.

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