1901

William Taft is appointed civil governor of the Philippines, with full responsibility for reorganizing the national and municipal government, the judiciary and police, and the taxation system. Princeton University trustees unanimously elect Woodrow Wilson president of...

1900

William McKinley, the most popular chief executive since Abraham Lincoln, is re-nominated with Theodore Roosevelt as vice president. The prosperity of the nation continues. One of the best Republican slogans is “four years more of the full dinner-pail.” J....