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A warning for Democrats from the Gilded Age and the 1896 election

  • Written by Adam M. Silver, Associate Professor of Political Science, Emmanuel College
A warning for Democrats from the Gilded Age and the 1896 electionChief 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 of Congress

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