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Tag Archives: William Jennings Bryan
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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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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VP James Sherman: Voting for the Dead Guy
James Sherman was VP for William Howard Taft. A Little Bit About Sherman James Schoolcraft Sherman (1852-1912) was born and raised in upstate New York – very very distantly related to General Cump and Senator John of the same name. … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Nifty History People, Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft
Tagged American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, history, James Schoolcraft Sherman, James Sherman, James Sherman and Bright's Disease, Nicholas Murray Butler, P:resident William Howard Taft, President Theodore Roosevelt, the election of 1904, The election of 1909, The election of 1912, the Republican Old Guard, the Republican party in 1912, US history, US Vice Presidents, Vice President James Sherman, Vice Presidential history, VP James Sherman, William Jennings Bryan
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The Third Battle of the Bills: Taft & Bryan
In 1908, William Jennings Bryan was once again the Democratic Candidate against… William Howard Taft President Theodore Roosevelt had been in the White House for 7-and-a-half years. He had been elected as VP under Republican William McKinley in his second … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Nifty History People, Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft
Tagged American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, history, Judge Alton Parker, P:resident William Howard Taft, President Theodore Roosevelt, President William McKinley, Presidential campaigns, Presidential history, the election of 1904, The election of 1908, Theodore Roosevelt, US history, William Howard Taft, William Jennings Bryan, William McKinley
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VP Charlie Curtis and His Data Base
Charles Curtis is one of our most obscure Vice Presidents, known only for being part Indian, as they used to call it, and he was proud of it. Charlie the Kaw Charles Curtis (1860-1936) was a Kansan, born as the … Continue reading
Posted in Nifty History People
Tagged "Of Thee I Sing", American history, Charles Curtis, Congressman Charles Curtis, Feather Schwartz Foster, George and Ira Gershwin, Herbert Hoover's runnig mate, history, Kansas history, Kaw Indian history, President Calvin Coolidge, President Herbert Hoover, Republican history, Senate Majority Leader Charles Curtis, US history, Vice President Charles Curtis, Vice Presidential history, William Allen White, William Jennings Bryan
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McKinley and Bryan: The First Battle of the Bills,1896
William McKinley, long time Congressman and former Ohio Governor, was the odds-on favorite Republican candidate for president in 1896. McKinley: Bill the First William McKinley (1843-1901) was a sweetheart of a fellow. An Ohioan of a poor, hardworking family, he … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Nifty History People, William McKinley
Tagged "Battle of the Bills", "Cross of Gold" speech, "Free SIlver" movement, American history, Bryan's "Cross of Gold" speech, election of 1896, Feather Schwartz Foster, General Rutherford B. Hayes, history, Marcus A. Hanna, Mark Hanna, Political campaigns, President William McKinley, Presidential history, Silver Tongued Orator of the Platte, US history, White House history, William Jennings Bryan
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