A short note on the expenditures of the McKinley campaign of 1896. (William McKinley)(Wheeling and Dealing in the White House): An article from: Presidential Studies Quarterly
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From the author: "A Short Note on the Expenditures of the McKinley Campaign of 1896." D. Aaron Chandler looks at "front-end" wheeling and dealing by William McKinley in the 1896 presidential campaign. Keeping his eye on the prize, McKinley knew that first, a presidential candidate must obtain White House occupancy, or all forms of wheeling and dealing become moot. McKinley had cultivated a relationship with wealthy industrialist Mark Hanna, who raised and spent hitherto unprecedented amounts on McKinley's campaign. Reports on the actual amount varied from a little more than 3 million to more than 16 million dollars, astounding sums for the time and shocking even to McKinley's Republican contemporaries. Chandler traces the high-end estimates to a congressional report by then Congressman William Sulzer (D-NY). Chandler notes that given Sulzer's subsequent impeachment while governor of New York for violation of campaign finance reporting laws, his earlier report on presidential campaign expenditures should be considered suspect. The low estimate is attributed to Charles Dawes, who ran the McKinley campaign; it should be noted that the figure referred to the total amount spent by Republicans in the campaign. Since the actual amount spent on behalf of McKinley may never truly be known, Hanna may, indeed, have invented "soft money" a century ago. Chandler proceeds to argue that the focus by historians on front-end wheeling and dealing obfuscates the historical shift in voter realignment that began in the 1890s.
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Title: A short note on the expenditures of the McKinley campaign of 1896. (William McKinley)(Wheeling and Dealing in the White House)
Author: D. Aaron Chandler
Publication:Presidential Studies Quarterly (Refereed)
Date: January 1, 1998
Publisher: Center for the Study of the Presidency
Volume: v28 Issue: n1 Page: p88(4)
Distributed by Thomson Gale
From the author: "A Short Note on the Expenditures of the McKinley Campaign of 1896." D. Aaron Chandler looks at "front-end" wheeling and dealing by William McKinley in the 1896 presidential campaign. Keeping his eye on the prize, McKinley knew that first, a presidential candidate must obtain White House occupancy, or all forms of wheeling and dealing become moot. McKinley had cultivated a relationship with wealthy industrialist Mark Hanna, who raised and spent hitherto unprecedented amounts on McKinley's campaign. Reports on the actual amount varied from a little more than 3 million to more than 16 million dollars, astounding sums for the time and shocking even to McKinley's Republican contemporaries. Chandler traces the high-end estimates to a congressional report by then Congressman William Sulzer (D-NY). Chandler notes that given Sulzer's subsequent impeachment while governor of New York for violation of campaign finance reporting laws, his earlier report on presidential campaign expenditures should be considered suspect. The low estimate is attributed to Charles Dawes, who ran the McKinley campaign; it should be noted that the figure referred to the total amount spent by Republicans in the campaign. Since the actual amount spent on behalf of McKinley may never truly be known, Hanna may, indeed, have invented "soft money" a century ago. Chandler proceeds to argue that the focus by historians on front-end wheeling and dealing obfuscates the historical shift in voter realignment that began in the 1890s.
Citation Details
Title: A short note on the expenditures of the McKinley campaign of 1896. (William McKinley)(Wheeling and Dealing in the White House)
Author: D. Aaron Chandler
Publication:Presidential Studies Quarterly (Refereed)
Date: January 1, 1998
Publisher: Center for the Study of the Presidency
Volume: v28 Issue: n1 Page: p88(4)
Distributed by Thomson Gale
