In telling the story of the 1896 election, Rove has written a campaign expert’s book. “The Triumph of William McKinley” takes us through the setting, the strategies, the party conventions ...

Event Summary. In this Bradley Lecture, Karl Rove discussed the uniqueness of the 1896 US presidential election, William McKinley’s admirable character, and the reasons for his successful campaign.

The battle over the monetary standard consumed the 1896 election. From the 1870s-1890s, debates over whether greenbacks, or paper currency, should be redeemable in gold or silver ebbed and flowed.

On Election Day, the United States voted for the past over the future. In 1896, at the height of the Industrial Revolution, there was a comparable election. It was a time of transition in which cla… ...

Republican consultant Karl Rove, when not advising the super political action committee he helped found or commenting on politics, has been researching a presidential election that has long ...

But the needs of our country in 1787 were not those of 1896. The United States was then a very little republic, ... Every State save one agreed that an election by the people was not to be thought of.

What the 1896 election can teach us about 2024 by Michael Spencer June 19, 2024 June 18, 2024. Share this: Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky; ...

To broaden the discussion, consider another by-gone campaign—Election 1896. In that year, Republican candidate William McKinley defeated Democrat William Jennings Bryan 51% to 47%. In the ...

The presidential election of a century ago was a true anticlimax compared to the vituperative battle of 1896, which has been called the closest thing to a class war in American history. It was 104 ...

The presidential election of 1896 centered on the question of silver coinage. The Democratic nominee, William Jennings Bryan, endorsed the coinage of silver at a ratio of 16-1. He saw silver ...