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The 1896 campaign, which took place during an economic depression known as the Panic of 1893, ... (1892–1896) 24th President of the New Jersey Senate (1881–1882)
John Tyler was the first vice president to assume the presidency during a presidential term, setting the precedent that a vice president who does so becomes the fully functioning president with a new, distinct administration. [13] Throughout most of its history, American politics has been dominated by political parties. The Constitution is ...
1896 – William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech; 1896 – Gold discovered in the Yukon's Klondike; 1896 – Utah becomes a state; 1896 - Henry Ford builds his first automobile; 1896 – U.S. presidential election, 1896: William McKinley elected president and Garret A. Hobart vice president
June 4 – Austin Corbin, president of Long Island Rail Road (born 1827) June 12 – Thomas P. Leathers, steamboat captain (born 1816) June 13 – Alpheus Felch, 5th Governor of Michigan from 1846 till 1847 and U.S. Senator from Michigan from 1847 to 1853 (born 1804) June 25 – Lyman Trumbull, U.S. Senator from Illinois from 1855 to 1873 (born ...
The 1896 United States elections elected the 55th United States Congress. Republicans won control of the presidency and maintained control of both houses of Congress. The election marked the end of the Third Party System and the start of the Fourth Party System , as Republicans would generally dominate politics until the 1930 elections .
William Jennings Bryan, seen during the 1896 campaign. Dawes had known Bryan in Nebraska, and predicted that if the former congressman got to address the convention, he would use his skills as a speaker to stampede it to a nomination. McKinley and Hanna mocked Dawes, telling him that Bland would be the Democratic choice.
William McKinley (January 29, 1843 – September 14, 1901) was the 25th president of the United States, serving from 1897 until his assassination in 1901. A member of the Republican Party, he led a realignment that made Republicans largely dominant in the industrial states and nationwide for decades.
The 1896 United States presidential election in New York took place on November 3, 1896. All contemporary 45 states were part of the 1896 United States presidential election . Voters chose 36 electors to the Electoral College , which selected the president and vice president .