President Trump has long celebrated William McKinley's tariff policies. See how those policies affected everyday Americans in ...

The McKinley Tariff Act of 1890 Historian Charles Calhoun talked the Tariff Act of 1890 also known as the McKinley Tariff. He spoke about Benjamin Harrison's role in passing the act.

Mckinley Tariff Act. The McKinley Tariff Act of 1890, sponsored by William McKinley, a Republican Senator from Ohio, increased the tariffs on manufactured goods to as high as 49 percent. The Act ...

Like the Townshend Acts and Bacon’s Rebellion, tariffs are one of those topics you may vaguely remember from high school ...

That was especially true of one provision in the 1890 Tariff Act that made the import of luxury dresses extremely expensive. Wealthy elite women saw this provision as an attack on their lifestyle.

Most Cleveland-era Democrats on Capitol Hill sought to scuttle the protectionist policies promoted by Rep. William McKinley (R-Ohio), a future president, in the 1890 Tariff Act.

Trump's new tariffs exceed levels following the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, risking global retaliation and economic slowdown.

Going into the 1890 election, Republicans held a narrow majority in both houses of Congress. Then they made history in the midterms — in a bad way.

His final act as a congressman was spearheading the McKinley Tariff Act of 1890, which set the average tariff on dutiable imports at around 50 percent. For most of his professional life, McKinley ...

Ohio representative William McKinley authored the Tariff Act of 1890. William McKinley supported high tariffs on imports to protect the growing domestic industry.

That was especially true of one provision in the 1890 Tariff Act that made the import of luxury dresses extremely expensive. Wealthy elite women saw this provision as an attack on their lifestyle.