William McKinley Autograph

William McKinley (January 29, 1843 – September 14, 1901) was an American politician who served as the 25th president of the United States from 1897 until his assassination in 1901. A member of the Republican Party, he led a realignment that made Republicans largely dominant in the industrial states and nationwide for decades. He presided over victory in the Spanish–American War of 1898; gained control of Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the Philippines and Cuba; restored prosperity after a deep depression; rejected the inflationary monetary policy of free silver, keeping the nation on the gold standard; and raised protective tariffs. More about William McKinley

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Current items with a signature of William McKinley

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thumbnailJames T Greeley Autograph Signed Book Page 1896 William McKinley Pres. Election$185.00logo
thumbnailWILLIAM McKINLEY - EPHEMERA DOUBLE SIGNED CIRCA 1890 CO-SIGNED BY: J.P. GALLAHER$3600.00logo
McKinley was the last president to have served in the American Civil War; he was the only one to begin his service as an enlisted man, and ended it as a brevet major. After the war, he settled in Canton, Ohio, where he practiced law and married Ida Saxton. In 1876, McKinley was elected to Congress, where he became the Republican expert on the protective tariff, which he believed would bring prosperity. His 1890 McKinley Tariff was highly controversial and, together with a Democratic redistricting aimed at gerrymandering him out of office, led to his defeat in the Democratic landslide of 1890. He was elected governor of Ohio in 1891 and 1893, steering a moderate course between capital and labor interests. He secured the Republican nomination for president in 1896 amid a deep economic depression and defeated his Democratic rival William Jennings Bryan after a front porch campaign in which he advocated "sound money" (the gold standard unless altered by international agreement) and promised that high tariffs would restore prosperity. Historians regard McKinley's victory as a realigning election in which the political stalemate of the post-Civil War era gave way to the Republican-dominated Fourth Party System, beginning with the Progressive Era.

McKinley's presidency saw rapid economic growth. He promoted the 1897 Dingley Tariff to protect manufacturers and factory workers from foreign competition and in 1900 secured the passage of the Gold Standard Act. He hoped to persuade Spain to grant independence to rebellious Cuba without conflict, but when negotiation failed, he requested and signed Congress's declaration of war to begin the Spanish-American War of 1898, in which the United States saw a quick and decisive victory. As part of the peace settlement, Spain turned over to the United States its main overseas colonies of Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines while Cuba was promised independence, but at that time remained under the control of the United States Army. The United States annexed the independent Republic of Hawaii in 1898 and it became a United States territory. Read even more about William McKinley at Wikipedia

Traded items with a signature of William McKinley

The most expensive item with a signature of William McKinley (2021 ⚾ Topps Transcendent 1/1 Cut Autograph William McKinley Auto Signature 25th) was sold in April 2023 for $9999.99 while the cheapest item (2020 Historic Autograph President William McKinley #25) found a new owner for $1.99 in November 2022. The month with the most items sold (2) was April 2020 with an average selling price of $177.75 for an autographed item of William McKinley. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in December 2020 with $2238.88 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $16.50 was April 2021. In average, an autographed item from William McKinley is worth $229.00.

Most recently, these items with a signature of William McKinley were sold on eBay - click here for more items.

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thumbnail1901 President William McKinley Secretary Signed Letter White House Stationary$59.99logo
thumbnailMCK William McKinley 2 Secretarial Signed Documents$16.50logo
thumbnailMilitary Appointment 1899 signed by William McKinley$317.00logo
thumbnailPresident WILLIAM MCKINLEY Document Signed Verification of his signature$300.00logo
thumbnailPresident WILLIAM MCKINLEY Typed Letter Signed$310.00logo
thumbnailRARE ORIGINAL HAND SIGNED 1897 WILLIAM MCKINLEY PRESIDENT AUTHENTIC AUTOGRAPH $500.00logo
thumbnailUSA 1901 William McKinley Autographed Photo With Personal Message 93154$2238.88logo
thumbnailWILLIAM McKINLEY Furniture WILLIAM C LEVERE Signed Letter / SIGMA ALPHA EPSILON$51.00logo
thumbnailWilliam McKinley nice US President signature Autograph $258.00logo
thumbnailWILLIAM McKINLEY THE BAR PIECES FROM THE PAST SIGNED DOCUMENT RELIC US PRESIDENT$99.99logo