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

President Donald Trump says McKinley made the United States prosperous through tariffs. Historians say that’s an incomplete ...

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 ...

President Trump often cites the 25th president, William McKinley, as an inspiration. The “McKinley Tariffs” were some of the ...

Trump has cited McKinley’s tariff policies as a role model in his calls to impose 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico and 10% tariffs on goods from China as a way to boost domestic ...

Later in life, as a politician, McKinley would declare himself a tariff man - intent on protecting American workers and industry. More than a century later, another president who calls himself a ...