The Election of 1888
1888 Democratic Convention
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Exposition Building St. Louis, Missouri.
Nominated: Grover Cleveland, of New Hampshire for President.
Nominated: Allan G Thurman, of Ohio for Vice President.
For the first time since 1840 a Presidential candidate was nominated by unanimous acclamation. Mrs E. A. Merriwether of St Louis gave a speech at the convention in support of woman's suffrage.