McKinley's life, from his election to Congress in 1876, until the close of his career, was so interwoven with the vast political and economic changes which marked the last quarter of the nineteenth century, that any complete account of it must be historical as well as biographical. Contents: Ancestry and Environment; Boyhood Days; Volunteer and Lawyer; Early Political Campaigns; Tariff; Protectionist; McKinley Bill; Currency; Sectionalism; Governor of Ohio; Presidential Campaign; Inauguration; Dingley Tariff; Civil Service Reform; Isthmian Canal; Hawaii; Cuba. Illustrated.