Statements (18)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
political scandal
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| gptkbp:country |
gptkb:United_States
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| gptkbp:date |
1888
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| gptkbp:describes |
A political scandal in the 1888 U.S. presidential election involving a forged letter to the British ambassador.
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| gptkbp:effect |
Damaged Grover Cleveland's campaign
Influenced Irish-American voters |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Murchison letter affair
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| gptkbp:involvedIn |
gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkb:Grover_Cleveland gptkb:Republican_Party gptkb:Charles_F._Murchison gptkb:Sir_Lionel_Sackville-West |
| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:California
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| gptkbp:mediaCoverage |
widely reported in U.S. newspapers
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| gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:1888_United_States_presidential_election
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| gptkbp:result |
Contributed to Benjamin Harrison's victory
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Lionel_Sackville-West,_2nd_Baron_Sackville
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
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