To make the comparison complete, McKinley was backed by the titans of his day, including J.P. Morgan and John D. Rockefeller.

But as a political leader, Trump has a different reason to idolize McKinley: The twice-elected Republican from Ohio realigned U.S. politics and installed the GOP as the dominant party for more than a ...

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On Feb. 1, 1790, the U.S. Supreme Court convened in New York City for its first session. Only three of the six justices were ...

He then handed the prime ministership to Tupper who led the party in the 1896 general election. Wilfrid Laurier won. Tupper’s 69 days in office remain the shortest in Canadian history.

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However, perhaps the most unusual artifact related to the 1896 election is the soap baby. The soap baby is exactly as it sounds — soap skillfully carved to resemble a baby. Soap companies such ...

The White House said Trump's tariff order also includes a mechanism to escalate the rates if the countries retaliate against ...

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the mountain was named for McKinley in 1896 by William Andrews Dickey, a prospector ...

The shortest-serving prime minister in Canadian history was Sir Charles Tupper, who held office for only 10 weeks when his Conservative party was defeated in a general election in 1896.