Research Catalog

Title

The presidential election of 1896 / Stanley L. Jones.

Author

Jones, Stanley L. (Stanley Llewellyn), 1918-

Publication

Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, 1964.

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Details

Description

x, 436 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits; 24 cm

Summary

Detailed historical study of issues of social and economic reform and activities of the chief contenders, W. McKinley (R) and W. Jennings Bryan (D).

Subjects

• Presidents > Election
• 1896
• Silver question
• Presidents > Election > 1896 > United States
• United States
• Presidents > United States > Election > 1896

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (pages 353-411); Bibliography: pages 412-418.

Contents

A standard of battle -- Rallying around the silver standard -- The Democrats : divided and defeated -- The Democrats debate the currency issue -- Mobilization of the silver Democrats -- The populists outflanked -- The silver wedge in the Republican party -- McKinley early in the field -- McKinley ascendant in the Middle West -- McKinley's mastery challenged in the South and far West -- McKinley battles the bosses -- The Republican convention -- The Democratic search for a candidate to hold the standard -- The increasing domination of silver in the Democratic ranks -- Impact of the battle on the third parties -- The Democratic convention : silver triumphant -- The Democratic convention : nomination of the "Nebraska cyclone" -- The populist and silver parties at St. Louis -- The gold Democrats raise a new standard -- The Republican campaign : the patriotic heroes' hero -- The Democratic campaign : carrying the war to the people -- The populist campaign : fusion and confusion -- Battle's end : the issue, the voter, and the election.

Call Number

ID (Jones, S. L. Presidential election of 1896)

ISBN

• 0299030946
• 9780299030940

LCCN

64012725

OCLC

445683

Author

Jones, Stanley L. (Stanley Llewellyn), 1918- author.

Title

The presidential election of 1896 / Stanley L. Jones.

Publisher

Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, 1964.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (pages 353-411); Bibliography: pages 412-418.

Chronological Term

1896

Indexed Term

Presidents Election 1896 United States

Silver question

Other Form:

Online version: Jones, Stanley Llewellyn, 1918- Presidential election of 1896. Madison, University of Wisconsin Press, 1964 (OCoLC)558437206

Online version: Jones, Stanley Llewellyn, 1918- Presidential election of 1896. Madison, University of Wisconsin Press, 1964 (OCoLC)606423311

Research Call Number

ID (Jones, S. L. Presidential election of 1896)