William McKinley. Terms: 1897-1901 Political Party: Republican First Lady: Ida Saxton McKinley Vice President: Garret A. Hobart, Theodore Roosevelt. Overview ...

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - Now to the “Idol of Ohio” - William McKinley. Before becoming the 25th president - McKinley taught at a school in Ohio when the Civil War began. In 1861, an 18 ...

CANTON (AP) — If you’ve been intrigued by President Donald Trump’s praise of his long-ago White House predecessor William McKinley and yearn to know more, it’s time you head to eastern Ohio.

When President Donald Trump pulled William McKinley from the outer reaches of American history and hailed his presidency as a model for today’s U.S. leadership, he harked back to the far-distant ...

President Donald Trump says McKinley made the United States prosperous through tariffs. Historians say that’s an incomplete understanding of the 25th president.

McKinley was swept out of Congress due in part to blowback from the high tariffs. He then made a comeback by winning two races for Ohio governor and, in 1896, the presidency amid an economic downturn.

William McKinley was a largely forgotten American president until Donald Trump returned to the White House as his biggest fan, due to McKinley’s own love affair with tariffs.

Overview For a long time, William McKinley was considered a mediocre President, a chief executive who was controlled by his political cronies and who was pressured into war with Spain by the press.