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)

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William McKinley

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

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)

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