My History Can Beat Up Your Politics

My History Can Beat Up Your Politics


Taft Walks Away - The Payne-Aldrich Tariff of 1909

June 10, 2018

Taft fails in trying to lower tariffs, setting up his successor to do it.  In frustration, he walks away from the White House.  Meanwhile, his opponent, William Jennings Bryan, destroys the tariff in several populist arguments.  A look...