[189] The Tammany Hall Democrats adhered to the national ticket, allowing a united Democratic party to carry New York.[190] At the campaign's end, many Populists and labor supporters endorsed Cleveland after an attempt by the Carnegie Corporation to break the union during the Homestead strike in Pittsburgh and after a similar conflict between big business and labor at the Tennessee Coal and Iron Co.[191] The final result was a victory for Cleveland by wide margins in both the popular and electoral votes, and it was Cleveland's third consecutive popular vote plurality.[192]

Second presidency (1893–1897)
Main article: Presidencies of Grover Cleveland § Second presidency (1893–1897)
Economic panic and the silver issue
Caricature of Cleveland as anti-silver.
Shortly after Cleveland's second term began, the Panic of 1893 struck the stock market, and he soon faced an acute economic depression.[193] The panic was worsened by the acute shortage of gold that resulted from the increased coinage of silver, and Cleveland called Congress into special session to deal with the problem.