Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 3, 1896. Former Governor William McKinley, the Republican nominee, defeated former Representative William Jennings Bryan, the Democrat
William Mc Kinley by Courtney Art Studio, 1896
William Jennings Bryan 2
McKinley/Hobart campaign poster
Bryan's famous "cross of gold" speech gave him the presidential nomination and swung the party to the silver cause
Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 8, 1892. In the fourth rematch in American history, the Democratic nominee, former president Grover Cleveland, defeated the incumbent
1896 United States presidential election
…administration and nominated Bryan on the fifth presidential ballot. Bryan then won the nomination of the Populist Party, which had won several states in 1892 and shared many of Bryan's policies. In opposition to Bryan, some conservative Bourbon Democrats formed the National Democratic Party and nominated…
Stephen Grover Cleveland Portrait
Pach Brothers Benjamin Harrison
James B. Weaver 1892
Benjamin Harrison, the incumbent president in 1892, whose term expired on March 4, 1893