Karl Rove looks back to 1896 election for insights into our current-day political landscape.

On Election Day, the United States voted for the past over the future. In 1896, at the height of the Industrial Revolution, there was a comparable election. It was a time of transition in which ...

Event Summary In this Bradley Lecture, Karl Rove discussed the uniqueness of the 1896 US presidential election, William McKinley’s admirable character, and the reasons for his successful ...

The presidential election of 1896 was among the most hard-fought and complex in U.S. history, and Butte had a vested interest in it.

In the election of 1896, unlimited silver coinage vs. the gold standard brought out the same kind of emotions as gun control, abortion, or immigration today. The debate wasn't far off from today's ...

As the election of 1896 approached William McKinley was the front runner for the nomination when the Republican National Convention convened in St. Louis.

The presidential election of a century ago was a true anticlimax compared to the vituperative battle of 1896, which has been called the closest thing to a class war in American history. It was 104 … ...

Object Details Author Jones, Stanley L (Stanley Llewellyn) 1918- Contents A standard of battle -- Rallying around the silver standard -- The Democrats: divided and defeated -- The Democrats debate the ...

There's no legal or constitutional requirement that the loser of a U.S. presidential election must concede. But the public concession speech is an important tradition, perhaps now more than ever.

Since at least 2000, Rove has spoken of the 1896 election as a turning point that ended years of deadlock in Washington and led to a generation of Republican prevalence, an outcome to which he ...

The 1888 election revealed tensions among Democrats, primarily over the tariff, that became a harbinger of the party’s struggles in 1896.

Republican President William McKinley topped Democrat William Jennings Bryan in the election of 1896 and then again in 1900.