President Trump has long celebrated William McKinley's tariff policies. See how those policies affected everyday Americans in ...

Tariffs have been a part of the American fabric since 1789. President Trump has placed tariffs at the center of todays debate ...

The seesaw between tariff income and tax income took a sharp one-way move when the Underwood-Simmons Tariff Act of 1913 cut tariffs to under 40 percent while endorsing a new federal income tax.

The McKinley Tariff of 1890 was one of the highest ever, in competition with lower tariff proposals by Democrats, including the Wilson-Gorman Tariff, passed in 1894, which lowered tariffs by about ...

In 1890, tariffs were the main source of revenue for the U.S., and the court was "designed to specialize in international trade disputes, relieving the U.S. district and circuit courts of those ...

A court that few Americans had heard of placed a roadblock in front of President Donald Trump’s far-reaching tariff policy May 28, ruling that the president did not have the authority to impose ...

A court that few Americans had heard of placed a roadblock in front of President Donald Trump’s far-reaching tariff policy this week, at least temporarily. So what is the U.S. Court of ...

In 1930, the United States passed the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, raising duties on over 20,000 imports—pushing average tariff rates to 45%.

Overall, the Tariff Act was ill-received by the Americans, and McKinley himself gave a speech in 1901 to turn against tariffs and proposed a freer trade policy, just a day before his assassination.

As a congressman, he was a staunch advocate of tariff. The McKinley Tariff Act of 1890, named after him, raised average US tariffs from 38 percent to 49.5 percent.

The McKinley Tariff Act of 1890, named after him, raised average US tariffs from 38 percent to 49.5 percent. Later, as president, he signed the Dingley Tariff Act in 1897, pushing rates to 52 percent ...