Autographs of William McKinley
William McKinley (January 29, 1843 – September 14, 1901) was the 25th president of the United States, serving from 1897 until his assassination in 1901. A member of the Republican Party, he led a realignment that made Republicans largely dominant in the industrial states and nationwide for decades. McKinley successfully led the U.S. in the Spanish–American War and oversaw a period of American expansionism, with the annexations of Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Philippines, and American Samoa.
McKinley was the last president to have served in the American Civil War; he was the only one to begin his service as an enlisted man and end it as a brevet major. After the war, he settled in Canton, Ohio, where he practiced law and married Ida Saxton. In 1876, McKinley was elected to Congress, where he became the Republican expert on the protective tariff, believing protectionism would bring prosperity. His 1890 McKinley Tariff was highly controversial and, together with a Democratic redistricting aimed at gerrymandering him out of office, led to his defeat in the Democratic landslide of 1890. He was elected governor of Ohio in 1891 and 1893, steering a moderate course between capital and labor interests.
McKinley secured the Republican nomination for president in 1896 amid a deep economic depression and defeated his Democratic rival William Jennings Bryan after a front porch campaign in which he advocated "sound money" (the gold standard unless altered by international agreement) and promised that high tariffs would restore prosperity. McKinley's presidency saw rapid economic growth. He rejected free silver in favor of keeping the nation on the gold standard, and raised protective tariffs, signing the Dingley Tariff of 1897 to protect manufacturers and factory workers from foreign competition and securing the passage of the Gold Standard Act of 1900.
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Current items with a signature of William McKinley
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Traded items with a signature of William McKinley
The most expensive item with a signature of William McKinley (WILLIAM McKINLEY - CIVIL APPOINTMENT SIGNED 05/28/1897 WITH CO-SIGNERS) was sold in November 2025 for £2,470.50 while the cheapest item (William McKinley #25 Historic Autographs POTUS 2018 President Trade Card (C1458)) found a new owner for £0.99 in September 2018. The month with the most items sold (6) was October 2025 with an average selling price of £29.88 for an autographed item of William McKinley. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in April 2022 with £229.71 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £3.32 was December 2022. In average, an autographed item from William McKinley is worth £28.23.
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