Sense of duty -- Early beginnings -- Political apprenticeship -- Rise and fall -- Three steps closer, one step back -- Resurrection -- The Major's war plan -- Audacious first strike -- The people ...

Chief Justice Melville Weston Fuller administers the oath of office to William McKinley during his presidential inauguration in 1897, as outgoing President Grover Cleveland looks on. AP Photo/Library ...

A standard of battle -- Rallying around the silver standard -- The Democrats: divided and defeated -- The Democrats debate the currency issue -- Mobilization of the silver Democrats -- The populists ...

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 ...

Whether the 2024 election is decided on Tuesday or the days or weeks ahead, it will be historical on either front. If Democratic nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris, wins, she will be the first ...