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Parents > United States > U.S. Executive
OfficePresident
HonorificPresident - Abbr: President
Type Primary Election
Filing Deadline 00, 1888 - 12:00am Central
Polls Open February 22, 1888 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close February 23, 1888 - 08:00pm Central
Term Start March 04, 1889 - 12:00pm
Term End March 04, 1893 - 12:00pm
ContributorChronicler
Last ModifiedChronicler October 25, 2022 06:20am
Data SourcesOhio Elects the President, p. 59.
Description
The Industrial Reform Party was a small reform group that intended to run a national ticket in 1888, but once other reform groups nominated their own tickets, the IRP campaign collapsed.

Organizing the party
The Industrial Reform Party held its organizational convention in Springfield IL on 10/13-15/1887. S.E. Booth, chairman of a group named the American Reform Party, issued the call to meet in Chicago (Chicago Tribune, 9/29/1887). He invited members of various reform organizations including the Union Labor and the United Labor Parties, each of which would bring ideas for a national reform party. Throughout the history of the IRP, little of its platform actually related to industrial policy. Alson J. Streeter managed to arrange for the organizational convention to meet in the state senate chamber in Springfield IL, so the expected 600 delegates were informed to travel there. However, only 15 delegates appeared for the opening session, drawn from IL, KS, CA, LA, PA, NJ, and DC. Belva Lockwood was the sole DC delegate. The organizational convention was consumed by the delegates presenting their various platform ideas (St. Louis Globe-Democrat, 10/14/1887). The convention adopted a platform that included federal ownership of transportation and telegraph lines as well as women's suffrage. It also called a national nominating convention to meet on 2/22/1888 (Philadelphia Times, 10/16/1887).

National Convention of 1888
The IRP held its 1888 national conven

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  PartyDemocratic Won12/03/1884
NameGrover Cleveland Votes219 (54.61%)
Term03/04/1885 - 03/04/1889 Margin37 (+9.23%)
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