William McKinley and His America: Second Edition

Author: Morgan, H. WayneBrand: Kent State University PressEdition: Rev ed.Features: Used Book in Good ConditionBinding: HardcoverNumber Of Pages: 488Release Date: 01-11-1998Part Number: 20 illustrationsDetails: When George W. Bush won the White House, he was the first incumbent Republican governor elected president since William McKinley in 1896. William McKinley was the last of the Civil War veterans to reach the White House. Known widely as the Major, in honor of his military rank, he rose through Congress to head the crucial Ways and Means Committee where, in the early 1890s, he passed a strong and popular tariff bill. That success caught the eye of Marcus Hanna, a Cleveland industrialist with a passion for politics and an ambition to help make and elect a president. Democrats complained that McKinley was a mere puppet of the wealth Hanna, but historians generally believe they were a well-matched team of two strong-willed men. With Hanna’s help, McKinley was elected governor of Ohio