For his first term on the Republican ticket, William McKinley ran on a largely pro-gold platform but reserved some possibility for bimetallism. McKinley won his first term in the greatest electoral ...

He began negotiations for the Panama Canal, and traveled to the 1901 Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, N.Y., where he took a more nuanced position on his signature issue of tariffs. In an ...

Campaigning from his front porch in 1896, McKinley emphasized his stance on protectionist tariffs. His opponent, William Jennings Bryan, won the Democratic nomination in large part for his speech ...

During William McKinley's tenure as president he developed ... died of the gunshot wound sustained while offering up his signature handshake. 3. Anwar Sadat, Menachem Begin, and Jimmy Carter ...