Allen G. Thurman
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Allen Granberry Thurman was an American politician who served as a United States representative, Ohio Supreme Court justice, and United States senator. A Democrat, he unsuccessfully ran for vice presi
Thurman, 1865–1880
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Allen Granberry Thurman from an 1888 poster.
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Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 6, 1888. Republican nominee Benjamin Harrison, a former U.S. senator from Indiana, defeated incumbent Democratic President Grover Clev
Allen G. Thurman
…representative, Ohio Supreme Court justice, and United States senator. A Democrat, he unsuccessfully ran for vice president of the United States in 1888 as the running mate of President Grover Cleveland. Born in Lynchburg, Virginia, he and his family moved to Chillicothe, Ohio, when Thurman was young…
Benjamin Harrison
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Man leaning on Harrison and Morton campaign ball.
Grover Cleveland, the incumbent president in 1888, whose first non-consecutive term expired on March 4, 1889