Front pages from the past: Presidential elections since 1872
Presidential elections have been featured prominently on the front pages of The News, The Daily Advance, The News & Daily Advance and The News & Advance over its 160-year history, with many of those memorable pages becoming keepsakes and collector's items. Some people have framed them, while others have preserved them to prevent them from becoming yellow and brittle.
Today, through a partnership with newspapers.com, we can delve deep into our archives to bring readers some of the most memorable front pages from those election years. In some instances, news of the presidential election winner would not make it into the paper until days later. Although The News was founded in 1866, some pre-1900 newspapers no longer exist, and in some instances, the first mention we could find of an election winner may be from the beginning of the following year.
Grant reelected (Tri-Weekly - Nov. 8, 1872)
Garfield elected (The News - Nov. 5, 1880)
Cleveland elected (The News - Nov. 5, 1884)
Harrison elected in 1888 (The News - Jan. 16, 1889)
Cleveland elected (The News - Nov. 9, 1892)
McKinnley elected (The News - Nov. 5, 1896)
McKinnley r...