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Category Archives: William McKinley
The Presidents and the Exes: Part II
Money, Corruption, Business, Reconstruction, Immigration… The thirty years leading to the Twentieth Century presented opportunities and problems our Founders would have never imagined! Railroads were crisscrossing the country in a week. Industry was booming. New inventions like electric light and … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, American Civil War, Andrew Johnson, Benjamin Harrison, Chester Arthur, Grover Cleveland, James Garfield, Rutherford Hayes, William McKinley
Tagged American history, Benjamin Harrison, Feather Schwartz Foster, General Ulysses Grant, Grover Cleveland, history, James A. Garfield, President Andrew Johnson, President Chester Alan Arthur, President Grover Cleveland, President James A. Garfield, President Rutherford B. Hayes, President Ulysses S. Grant, President William McKinley, Presidential history, Rutherford B. Hayes, US history, Vice President Chester Alan Arthur, William Jennings Bryan, William McKinley
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The Inauguration of Theodore Roosevelt 1901
Vice President Theodore Roosevelt had a quiet, somber inaugural. The Sad Circumstances Vice President Theodore Roosevelt was taking a rare family vacation at a resort in New York’s Adirondack Mountains when news came that President William McKinley had been shot … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Nifty History People, Theodore Roosevelt, William McKinley
Tagged American history, Anna Roosevelt Cowles, Ansley Wilcox, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, Grover Cleveland, history, Ida McKinley, John Milburn, King Edward VIII, Millard Fillmore, President Theodore Roosevelt, Presidential history, Queen Victoria, the assassination of McKinley, the death of William McKinley, the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, Theodore Roosevelt, US history, VP Theodore Roosevelt
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Ida McKinley’s Inaugural Trousseau
Every First Lady is entitled to some new clothes for the inauguration! Clothes Make the Woman… Of course it helps if you are good looking. It helps even more, if you have money. Martha Washington in her late fifties was … Continue reading
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Tagged Abigail Adams, American history, Dolley Madison, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady Abigail Adams, First Lady Dolley Madison, First Lady History, First Lady Ida McKinley, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, First Lady Martha Washington, First Lady Mary Lincoln, history, Ida Saxton McKinley, Jacqueline Kennedy, Martha Washinagton, Mary Lincoln, President William McKinley, Presidential history, Presidential wives, US history, White House history, William McKinley
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Selling McKinley in 1896
Historians frequently point to 1896 as being the first “modern” election. Setting the Stage By 1896, the country was poised for a new century. Huge changes had occurred since the Civil War some 35 years earlier. Railroads crossed the entire … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Nifty History People, William McKinley
Tagged American history, “A Full Dinner Pail”, Bryan’s Cross of Gold speech, Feather Schwartz Foster, Former President Benjamin Harrison, history, Ida McKinley, Inventions of 1870-99, Marcus A. Hanna, Mark Hanna, Mark Hanna’s business background, McKinley campaign manager Hanna, Ohio Senator John Sherman, Presidential history, The Election of 1896, The Presidential campaign of 1896, US history, White House history, William Jennings Bryan, William McKinley, William McKinley background
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Admiral George Dewey: The Boom and the Bust
The Admirable Admiral George Dewey (1837-1917) was a Vermont man, from a prominent family. He was sent to Norwich University when he was fifteen, and expelled two years later for disciplinary matters, perhaps not uncommon for 15-year-olds. He then was … Continue reading
Posted in Nifty History People, Theodore Roosevelt, William McKinley
Tagged Admiral David Farragut, Admiral George Dewey, American history, Asst. Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt, Candidate George Dewey, Commodore Dewey, Feather Schwartz Foster, George Dewey, history, Mildred McLean Hazen, President William McKinley, The Second Mrs. George Dewey, The Spanish Fleet in Manila Harbor, The Spanish-American War, The War with Spain, US history, William Jennings Bryan
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William McKinley: The Best Career Move
At the suggestion of General Rutherford B. Hayes, William McKinley decided to study law. The Hard-Knocks Youth of William McKinley Born in Niles, raised in the little village of Poland, Ohio, William McKinley, Jr. was the seventh of nine children. … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, William McKinley
Tagged American history, Canton OH in 1865, Feather Schwartz Foster, General Rutherford B. Hayes, history, Ohio attorney Charles Glidden, Ohio attorney Judge George Belden, Presidential history, Rutherford B. Hayes, The professional opportunities for William McKinley, US history, White House history, William McKinley, young William McKinley
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William Howard Taft: Illness in The Philippines
After the War With Spain, the remnants of its empire fell into our hands. The USA as an Empire By and large, most people in the United States were extremely lukewarm about inheriting Spanish colonies following the mercifully short Spanish … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Nifty History People, William Howard Taft, William McKinley
Tagged American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady History, Governor Taft of the Philippines, Helen Herron Taft, history, Judge William Howard Taft, Nellie Taft, President William McKinley, Presidential history, The US acquires The Philippines, unrest in the Philippines in 1900, US history, William Howard Taft, William Howard Taft abcess, William Howard Taft health history
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William McKinley: A Little Help From His Friends
In 1893, the USA suffered a huge “panic,” or economic recession – larger than it had ever experienced before. William McKinley: The Panic of 1893 In 1893, the usual collision of factors that create recessions occurred – with the usual … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, Friends of William McKinley, Governor Williamm McKinley, h.h. Kohlsaat, history, Ida McKinley, Ida Saxton McKinley, Marcus A. Hanna, McKinley defends striking miners, McKinley friend H.H. Kohlsaat, McKinley friend Marc Hanna, McKinley friend Myron Herrick, McKinley friend Robert L. Walker, Myron Herrick, Presidential history, The Panic of 1893, US history, William McKinley, William McKinley cosigns loan, William McKinley's financial problem
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The White House Conservatory: The Lost Treasure
Arguably the largest of all lost White House treasures, is the Conservatory. The Greenhouse Concept Some three hundred years ago, the first greenhouse was built in Colonial America. The concept had been known in Europe for some time: to provide … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, Presidential Sites, Rutherford Hayes, Theodore Roosevelt, Ulysses S. Grant, William McKinley
Tagged American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies history, First Lady Caroline Harrison, First Lady Ida McKinley, First Lady Lucy Hayes, First Lady Mary Lincoln, flowers in the White House, Harriet Lane, Lucy Hayes' avant garde dinner service, Nellie Grant's White House Wedding, President Abraham Lincoln, President Franklin Pierce, President Grover Cleveland, President James Buchanan, President Theodore Roosevelt, President Ulysses S. Grant, Presidential history, The Crystal Palace, The White House Conservatory, US history, White House history
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