COLUMN. To justify his trade war, Donald Trump has referred to former president William McKinley, a protectionist who was in ...

Political cartoonists “loved to depict Populists as marching peasants wearing liberty caps” and the New York Sun called Bryan “William Jacobin Bryan.” In the end, McKinley won handily ...

President William McKinley is having his biggest moment since 1928, when his face was printed on the $500 bill. For the last ...

William McKinley's combination of high tariffs and overseas imperialism was disastrous — but not to Donald Trump ...

During McKinley’s presidency, the New York Times noted and saluted the ... style and personal rectitude of his presidential hero, William McKinley. Robert W. Merry, former Wall Street Journal ...

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As the nation entered the industrial age during a time of economic depression, William McKinley felt protective tariffs were the key to a bright financial future — and voters agreed with him. It was ...