dec 31, 1896 - 1896: Watershed Election, Second Republican Era
Description:
Bitterest battle in American electoral history. The Democrats nominated William Jennings Bryan, populist proponent of “free silver." The Republican Party made clear its positions in favor of the gold standard, industrialization, the banks, high tariff s, and the industrial working classes as well as its positions against the “radical” Western farmers and “silverites.”Added to timeline:
Date:
dec 31, 1896
Now
~ 128 years ago