For Donald Trump, it might have been 123 years ago – when William McKinley was president. Yes, William McKinley – the one you probably forgot right after the AP U.S. History exam. “If you asked most ...

The high tariffs that McKinley favored protected American industries and were the greatest source of government income. The passage of the Dingley Tariff Act gave the president authority to ...

CANTON, Ohio (AP) — If you've been intrigued by President Donald Trump's praise of his long-ago White House predecessor William McKinley and yearn to know more, it's time you head to Ohio.

William McKinley came to power during a time of economic instability and inequality. As a congressman in 1890, he authored the most protectionist tariff act in US history. As president ...

"President McKinley made our country very rich through tariffs and through talent," said the freshly re-elected billionaire in a tribute to the 25th president of the US (from 1897 to 1901), who ...