William McKinley

Birth-Death: (1843 - 1901 ) Term: (1897-1901 )

Silver was the most pressing question as William McKinley took the Presidency. There was heated debate over whether or not the coinage of silver would help improve the economy or not. With the defeat of William Jennings Bryan in the 1896 election, coinage of silver was abandoned for good.

Administration of Bill McKinley

Vice President

Garret A. Hobart (1897-99)
Theodore Roosevelt (1901)

Secretary of State

John Sherman (1897-98)
William R. Day (1898)
John M. Hay (1898-1901)

Secretary of the Treasury

Lyman J. Gage (1897-1901)

Secretary of War

Russel A. Alger (1897-99)
Elihu Root (1899-1901)

Attorney General

Joseph McKenna (1897-98)
John W. Griggs (1898-1901)
Philander C. Knox (1901)

Postmaster General

James A. Gary (1897-98)
Charles Emory Smith (1898-1901)

Secretary of the Navy

John D. Long (1897-1901)

Secretary of the Interior

Cornelius N. Bliss (1897-99)
Ethan A. Hitchcock (1899-1901)

Secretary of Agriculture

James Wilson (1897-1901)