Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chief Justice Melville Weston Fuller administers the oath of office to William McKinley during his presidential inauguration in ...

1896 : the party background -- The Democrats in power, 1893-1896 -- "The people against the bosses" : the Republican nomination of William McKinley -- Democrats divided : the Democratic convention at ...

“We have submitted the issue to the American people and their will is law,” wrote Democrat William Jennings Bryan (pictured here on the campaign trail) in an 1896 telegram to Republican William ...

Thousands pack the second Chicago Coliseum for the 1896 DNC. Construction on the arena concluded just months before William Jennings Bryan accepted the presidential nomination. Credit: Library of ...

Going back 124 years ago in 1896, the U.S. Presidential election was held November 3rd just like this year’s election date. I have a newspaper dated October 3, 1896, “The Blackfoot News.” It was ...