The Election of 1896 was the first modern and also the most complicated election in History. The fight was between William McKinley and William Jennings Bryan. These two brought change to the past ways of politics. Prior to 1896, Republicans had won seven of the last nine Presidential Elections. Today, they have won six-of-the-last nine. Change then and now was driven by new communications technologies and new ways of connecting with friends, relatives, and neighbors. Starting in 1896, Republicans controlled the White House for 28 or the next 36 years. Some people say that this election inspired "The Wizard of OZ." McKinley became the Wizard, The Cowardly Lion was William Jennings Bryan, and so on. .
They turned the money raising and speeches into a huge ordeal. Politics just has kept on growing since. .
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The Republican convention met. A man by the name Marcus Hanna had got enough votes to gain William McKinley a spot in the campaign. Thirty-four of the delegates walked out of the convention, refusing to accept the party's to the tariffs and the gold standard. Marcus Hanna ended up being McKinley's campaign manager. He raised 3.5 million from the business community. Garret Augustus Hobart of New Jersey, another friend of Hanna, was selected as the vice-presidential candidate. "The country continued to be in the depression that followed the Panic of 1893 and it was expected that the voters would blame Cleveland and the Democrats." .
"We emphasize our allegiance to the policy of protection as the bulwark of American industrial independence and the foundation of American development and prosperity. This true American policy taxes foreign products and encourages home industry. It puts the burden of revenue on foreign good; it secures the American market of the American producer".
-From the Republican Party Platform of 1896.
The Democrats met in Chicago to select their candidate.
American History 1862-1896 This report is over American history between the years of 1862 and 1896. ... These acts were to enforce the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments and to supervise elections. ... The next presidential election was in 1876, one year after the acts passed. ... Fergerson case in 1896. ... Ferguson decision from the Supreme Court in 1896. ...
Occasionally, however, an election or sequence of elections occurs that precipitates or signals a long-term geographic realignment. These elections are known as "critical elections." ... In 1896 the Sectional Normal Vote pattern was interrupted by the election of William Jennings Bryan. ... Bryan's efforts to unite the Populist West with the Democratic South was unsuccessful, which is why the Populist Normal Vote is associated only with Bryan's campaigns in 1896 and 1900. ... The election of 1976 ushered in a Conservative Normal Vote period, which has been associated with preside...
The Populists from 1890-1896 were not successful. ... Unfortunately, in the 1892 presidential election, the Populist nominee, General Weaver, failed to receive a large electoral majority. ... But in 1896, another blow struck the Populist platform when William Jennings Bryan and the Populist "free silver" platform failed to win the election against William McKinley. ... The Populist party, however, was continually defeated in almost all of their activities from 1890 to 1896. After the election of 1896, the Populists were not considered a strong political force, and the future of the preside...
They wanted to empower the common people, to have direct elections of senators and the secret ballot referendum. The Populist won more than a million votes in the presidential election of 1892 but their representative died on the eve of the convention. ... In 1896, Populist Movement met in St. ... William Jennings Bryan represented the Populists on the ticket in the 1896 election, little did the Populist realize was the fact that Bryan would be the end to the Populist movement. ...
They looked forward to the 1896 election with great hope. When the election came, the lines between Democrats and Republicans were drawn. ... Populism continued until the turn of the century, but it took a died after the election of 1896. ... es out because it did not win any elections. ... Even though it did not prevail in a presidential election, The Populist Party was quite successful....
They looked forward to the 1896 election with great hope. When the election came, the lines between Democrats and Republicans were drawn. ... Populism continued until the turn of the century, but it took a died after the election of 1896. ... The party also dies out because it did not win any elections. ... Even though it did not prevail in a presidential election, The Populist Party was quite successful....
They urged adoption of the secret ballot, direct primaries, the initiative, the referendum, and the direct election of senators. ... The new party polled over a million votes in its initial campaign in 1892, made sizable gains in 1894, and then joined with the free-silver wing of the Democratic Party to support William Jennings Bryan's unsuccessful presidential candidacy in 1896. ... The elections process was also changed as a result of progressivism. ... They did well in the election 1892, but lacked in finance, organization, and candidates to follow through in the election 1894. ...
What I found most interesting while reading The Reckless Decade was the way Brands described the political battles between Bryan and McKinley leading up to the 1896 presidential election. It was interesting to know how both sides approached their campaign, used different methods in convincing the people and how displayed how important political shrewdness and experience was in winning an election. ...
