President Trump has long celebrated William McKinley's tariff policies. Vintage photos show how they affected Americans.

William McKinley was a largely forgotten American president until Donald Trump returned to the White House as his biggest fan ...

The McKinley Tariff of 1890 raised import duties to nearly 50% on average, up from around 38% previously. As the House Ways and Means Committee chairman, McKinley argued that high tariffs were ...

Trump has dubbed McKinley the “tariff king.” McKinley referred to himself as “a tariff man, standing on a tariff platform.” In 1890, six years before McKinley’s election as president ...

Instead of compelling Canada to become an American state, the 1890 McKinley Tariff drove Canada into British hands.

President Trump likes to remember William McKinley's tariffs as a triumph. The reality is far more complicated.

High tariffs, such as the McKinley Tariff (1890) and the Smoot-Hawley Tariff (1930), were designed to bolster self-sufficiency but ultimately strained global trade relations. While industrial ...