Political Party: Republican Terms: 1897-1901

Political Policies

  • Accused of negligence, corruption, and forcing soldiers to eat embalmed beef
  • Did little for Black Americans
  • Forced Hawaii into the Union
  • Gold Standard Act

Social Policies

  • Protected workers from employers
  • Condemned lynching
  • Appointed African Americans to political positions

Economic Policies

  • Dingley Tariff 1897, protected industry and factories after the Panic of 1893