The American Presidential Election of 1900
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The 29th episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. In 1900, the economy has made an amazing recovery and American is quickly becoming a superpower. William Jennings Bryan decides to challenge that anyway.
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The 29th Presidential election in American history took place on November 6, 1900, exactly 81 years before my birthday. Oh boy, we got ourselves another re-match!
During William McKinley’s first term, the United States by many accounts became much stronger. The economy was back to being awesome, and the country had joined the “Imperial Club.” That’s right, America was now officially imperialist country, thanks to becoming involved in the Spanish-American War. The United States easily defeated Spain, gaining its colonies Puerto Rico, Guam, the Philippines, and even Cuba for a little while. Sure, there were some shady sides to this war and its aftermath, like the Philippine-American War, which raged on. But Americans were feeling pretty darn good about themselves overall.
The war represented American entry into world affairs, actually acting out what the Monroe Doctrine promised 75 years prior. Since then, the United States has had a pretty consistent role in policing various conflicts all over the world.
Anyway, so McKinley was popular and easily renominated. However, his Vice President, Garret Hobart, had passed away, and McKinley needed a replacement to run with him. One name floating around was New York governor Theodore Roosevelt. He was the former Assistant Secretary of the Navy under McKinley, and a somewhat reckless war hero of the Spanish American War. Thomas C. Platt, the New York State Republican Party boss, hated Roosevelt and wanted him out of the state, so he pressured McKinley to agree to let him to be his running mate. Although Roosevelt wasn’t too excited about the possibility of becoming Vice President, he accepted the nomination anyway.
Early on, the Democrats were leaning toward nominating another Spanish American War hero, George Dewey, who was the Admiral of the Navy and from Vermont. Dewey made a fool out of himself, however, so that ultimately opened the door again to William Jennings Bryan, who still had a large force of passionate supporters. Adlai Stevenson was his running mate. Stevenson was the first former Vice President to win re-nomination for that position with a different presidential candidate.
So it was another battle of the Williams! But let’s not forget third party candidates. By this time, the Populist Party, or People’s Party, had splintered. The faction known as the “Fusion” Populists again supported William Jennings Bryan for the nomination. But the “Middle of the Road” Populists nominated Wharton Barker, a publicist and investor from Pennsylvania, with Ignatius Donnelly, a former U.S. Representative from Minnesota and amateur scientist, as his running mate.
The Prohibition Party was reunited and it felt so good. They nominated John Woolley, a lawyer, reformed alcoholic, and public speaker originally from Ohio. Henry Metcalf, a businessman from Boston, was Woolley’s running mate.
There were several other third parties, but the only one I will mention here is the Social Democratic Party, a new political party that began after a large group of people left the Socialist Labor Party. At their first convention in Indianapolis, they nominated Indiana native Eugene Debs as their candidate, who was famously known as a national union leader and one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World. Eugene Debs. Yep, get used to hearing that name in future episodes. The Social Democratic party nominated Job Harriman, a minister also from Indiana, as Debs’ running mate.
Again, it was a battle of the Williams, and this election was quite similar to the 1896 election, except this time the economy was in MUCH better shape, so Bryan’s call for Free Silver did not gain as much traction. Also, this time around Bryan vocally attacked McKinley’s imperialist foreign policy. While Bryan had supported the original war, he was against the continual occupation of the Philippines, saying McKinley had just replaced a bad Spanish tyranny with a bad American one.
Just like last time, Bryan traveled across the country giving many many speeches, but Theodore Roosevelt also did the same. Roosevelt was young like Bryan, and had a lot of the same energy. He would end up being an important force to reckon with in this election.
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November 6, 1981
Super fun fact: during this time period the position of Vice President was seen more as a retirement position or just one where people's political careers would end. Part of why so many Republicans that hated Teddy wanted him to be VP.
> Leon Czolgosz has entered the chat
A real life example of the phrase "digging your own grave"
That seems so incredibly shortsighted, considering VPs Tyler, Fillmore, Johnson, and Arthur had all taken over the presidency in living memory.
Ikr what happened next is ironic. They just spearheaded their biggest enemy into office
Then oops
To those wondering how Dewey made a fool of himself:
He said being president was easy because all he'd have to do is pass whatever bills congress would send his way.
He admitted to have never voted in a presidential election.
He said the U.S would likely see a war with Germany (German Americans were to the nation then what Hispanics are to us now, being the most significant and influential ethnic minority).
He infuriated Protestants by marrying a Catholic and giving his home he got from a veteran's program after the war to her.
That's a way to throw away a potential political career
Damn
This is a war "hero" right here 😂😂
He wasn't really wrong about America going to war with Germany, it just didn't happen for almost 20 years.
Nowadays, Donald Trump and Joe Biden both make fools out of themselves on a daily basis and nobody bats an eyelash
This was the first time a president was re-elected since Grant in 1872, unless you count Cleveland being elected to a second non-consecutive term in 1892.
Thanks for the fun fact, George Washington! (as you always do)
@Wyatt The Autistic gamer you're not a president...
unless you run for president in 2044
#Autism2024
@Wyatt The Autistic gamer I get that you changed your name bt this is much funnier
Fun fact: The Election of 1900 is one of 2 (or 3 if you count the first election) elections that did not occur during a leap year because of the gregorian calendar
"I have a feeling he will be getting a promotion soon" OMG! LMFAO! Thanks Buddie!
Eugene Debs the guy who ran for president for the most of 20 years (1900-1920)
John F. Kennedy but he got beat by Harold Stassen in terms of perennialism. I think Stassen ran from 1948-2000. He might have done it in 1944 and 1940 though.
Brett Kavanaugh fuck you
@@FlyinBlaney he ran every time from 1944 to 1992, except for 1956, 1972 and 1976. He didn't challenge any sitting Republican President except for Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush.
Best president we never had
The Wii U Pro Controller Defense Force Harold Stassen only ran for president in 1964, 1968, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988 and 1992. Every election between 1964-1992 excluding the 1972 election
Vote for McKinley now, you can vote for Bryan anytime.
BATTLE OF THE WILLIAMS 2:THE FINAL WILLIAM
No, 1908 William vs William
happy -81th birthday!!!!
Aw thanks!
................................................81TH???
You sound great for 81
Mr. Beat you have the best channel in the WORLD
James Richard Jeremy Clarkson-Hammond-May he said NEGATIVE 81st birthday
At 0:58 it's not Phillippines, it's Philippines. Great video sir, been watching your channel for 2 days 😊
+Veene Michael Eco Thanks for catching that typo and thanks so much for watching!
Another cool video! Enjoy hearing about people from Indiana like Eugene Debs! Thanks Mr. Beat for fun learning!
You are so beautiful
This is the last election in which a Republican won the presidency without winning Idaho and Montana.
Now that Montana is slowly shifting left, some republicans might win without it in the future
I knew William would win!
Was George Dewey related to Thomas Dewey, the man who lost to Harry Truman in 1948?
and to FDR in 44
No they weren't related.
Probably was but distant
Henry Clay and William Jennings Bryan were the two most deserving people to become president. Mainly because they both ran 3 times and lost lol.
In today's political climate, if you lose even just 1 election... You would be branded as a loser. You could try for two, but if you lost twice....basically you are a goner.
Henry Clay, yes you have a point. But William Jennings Bryan tied to send a teacher to jail for teaching Evolution.
@@12KevinPower not Bernie tho
@@josephlowes5051 lots of people agreed with him back then. I still think he'd have been a great president. I think Clay would have failed tbh, he was far too left leaning to be an effective president for the time IMO. He probably would've provoked the South, starting the civil war early and potentially dragging it out, meaning the South may have won, extending slavery for many years.(although he died a few years before the Civil War)
I think WJB wouldve been president if he waited till 1912 to run again. His problem is that he was in the wrong place and time. In 1900, he should really adressed Mckinley's incompetence on war. But oh well.
Now I'm considering naming my kid Spiro Ignatius Edwards
Bryan looked like he aged 20 years since the last election
I mean he was 40 during this election.
Mostly because he lost his hair
*March 4th, 1901*
Theodore Roosevelt: Yay! I'm now a Vice President!
*6 months later*
Theodore Roosevelt: Welp, guess imma President now.
“I feel like he will be getting a promotion soon” 😂😂😂😂😂
Yay
I hope you are running in 1916 ! Wilson cant have second term !!!
@@niccolorichter1488 yeah
At least this Adlai Stevenson won an election. The Adlai Stevenson of the 1950’s won the Democratic nomination twice and lost both times to Eisenhower. After twice getting whipped soundly he decided to throw his hat in again in 1960. Fun fact: Stevenson managed to garner enough support in 1960 to give the final nomination to Kennedy after a hotly contested convention where no nominee got the majority needed. Good ol fashion back room politics ended with Stevenson dropping out and supporting Kennedy which gave JFK enough support to win the nomination. Although JFK was forced to take on LBJ for Veep. After winning Kennedy returned the favor by naming Stevenson ambassador to the UN. There is a strong case to support Stevenson being just as much responsible as Kennedy for the peaceful end to the Cuba missile crisis. Had it been someone like McNamara or Kissinger in that role we would all be living in a nuclear winter wonderland right now.
Why is flight of the bumblebee playing in the background?
It was a big hit in 1900.
Mr. Beat oh makes sense
It gives me anxiety 😂😂
I love your channel
Ben Willerth I do to
3:18 That party is very popular in my home country Denmark
Well, social democracy is an idea that has made it's way around the world and evidently made enough of a presence in many countries to form parties, and guess who these social democrats called their parties? The "Social Democratic Party", a name common throughout time and the world from the United States to the United Kingdom, and from Denmark to Andorra. In fact, there are a _lot_ of social democratic political parties not just throughout the world, but throughout history as well, which deserves it's own segment of a Wikipedia article: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_democracy#Notable_social_democratic_political_parties_worldwide
0:11 The 20th century started on January 1st, 1901
@@nerdlord314 the minority of people think that
It is pronounced "Joeb" not Job.
Mark Hanna? Like the guy Matthew McConaughey played in The Wolf of Wall Street? Haha.
You cant convince me thay John Woolley was actually named Woolley and not just nicknamed that because of his glorious mustacheb(3:00) Definitely a Woolley 'stache if i ever saw one.
1900 was the last election in the 19th Century.
Thanks for your videos, I enjoy them!
Hold on. 1900 was still the 19th Century. The 20th Century started on January 1, 1901
My mistake Thomas s Dewey the guy who lost both to rossevelt and Truman did Truman serve two terms or just one
@Mr. Graves technically he served 2 because I believe he served most Fdr's last term
Bryan was like the Bernie Sanders of the 1900's. Keep trying Bryan. 😅
but bernie is winning this time
Sela Hanany lets hope 🙏🏽
Sela Hanany doesn’t seem like it. Bernie disappointed during Super Tuesday and Biden seems to be getting people around him to rally up moderates to vote for him
@@jesusbenitez3567 wrote that before super tuesday. nevertheless they are currently practicly tied in delegates and im hoping for the best.
Thats cuz bryan is rrlated to him
then william mckinley got assassinated and teddy became prresident
Woo Hoo! My home state has finally been mentioned! Let's go Hoosiers!!!
I would vote McKinley this election
0:09 The 20th century officially began on January 1st 1901 (not 1900).
how did George dewey make a fool of himself?
wikipedia: Many suggested Dewey run for President on the Democratic ticket in 1900. His candidacy was plagued by public relations missteps. He was quoted as saying the job of president would be easy since the chief executive was merely following orders in executing the laws enacted by Congress and that he would "execute the laws of Congress as faithfully as I have always executed the orders of my superiors." He admitted to never having voted in a presidential election. He drew yet more criticism when he offhandedly, but prophetically, told a newspaper reporter that: "Our next war will be with Germany."Dewey also angered some Protestants by marrying a Catholic and giving her the house that the nation had given him following the war. Dewey withdrew from the race in mid-May 1900 and endorsed William McKinley.
@@PashutHerenstein He was right about the next war and the war after that which would be against Germany.
JotdmL 28 Theodore Roosevelt is when William Ohio McKinley get shot to detain
William Jennings Bryan is like the new Henry Clay/James Blaine
The first McKinley administration has blazed the trail of overseas expansion with the Spanish-American War and the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands, and now in 1900, we get a full dinner pail.
W J Bryant is one of the great presidents that never was,
along with Henry Wallace and Hannibal Hamlin...
the latter 2 were both ousted for being too "radical" by,
as FDR called them, the "economic nobility" in Wallace's case,
and the not radical Republicans (who were really former Democrats)
in the case of Hamlin
What are you talking about ? William Jennings Bryan was one of the biggest idiots in American. His last public act was serving as the Prosecutor at the Scope Monkey Trial. Clarence Darrow embarrassed his ass so bad that he dropped dead.
@@josephlowes5051 that's a bit harsh "biggest idiots"...particularly these days.
Bryant was considered a progressive in his time and perhaps even in ours; he was a religious man, I agree, and his prosecution in the trial was based on that religiosity, which did him in.
Truman was probably a better choice than Wallace. At least for the time. Due to the fact Wallace was extremely naive when it came to the Soviet Union. I don’t agree with Truman firing him, but Truman was able to oppose Soviet and communist aggression properly in a way Wallace wouldn’t have. Truman also was pretty progressive domestically anyway. Read his fair deal.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Deal
@@josephlowes5051 u ar
How could you forget Henry Clay there
Actually, 1900 was part of the 19th century. The 20th century did not begin until January 1, 1901. The first century began in 1 AD. There was no year 0. The last year of the 1st century was 100 A.D., and the first year of the second century was 101 AD, and so, so the 20th century began in 1901. The year 1900 was unusual, though, in that, although divisible by 4, it was not a leap year, because, under the Gregorian Calendar reform, century years are leap years only if divisible by 400.
Woah! That’s interesting. But i sure dont care!
Actually Mr beat referred as the winner will be the first president of us in 20th century
Eugene Debs: Best President we never had
There is a museum dedicated to Eugene Debs in Terre Haute, Indiana where he lived his whole life. It is adjacent to the campus of Indiana State University. It is nothing spectacular but it is interesting. He championed causes such as an 8-houf work day and Sicial Security long before they were popular. He was jailed for opposing World War One.
@@brandonhunt8431 I really want to go there. I actually keep a picture of gene debs on my wall
The 20th Century started in 1901.
Oh, you’re one of THOSE people. I see
@@osirisapex7483 Yes, one that's factually correct.
@@sandboxproductions_youtube Yes! That's what I say!
Learn to count, Mr. Beat. The Twenty Century did not not begin until 01 January 1901.
Policing conflicts must be different from starting them.
It was not worth ran again. If William mckinley was a good President, it was certain that he would win a second term no matter who was the Democratic Nominee in the Election. This can be said to be Teddy roosevelt's prologue.
Battle of the Williams? Nah. It’s the Battle of the Billys!
Good job on this video.
0:15 not quite, that's in 1901
The inauguration was in 1901. That's what I was referring to. Smarty Pants.
01:52 ....little suspecting.....
20th century didn't start till 1901...
No you didn’t the 20 century didn’t begin til January 1st 1901
It's Joe-b not Job...
The 20th century started in 1901
You are correct it did.
The 20th Century didn't begin until 1901. While this did cover McKinley's second inauguration, the election itself was still the last of the 19th Century.
To think, no election since this would come close in terms of turnout until the 2020 election, which had ~66% turnout
0:11 “Um, actually, the 20th century began in 1901, not 1900.” 🤓☝️
Imagine wanting someone out the state and to have them become President
Actually the 20th century didn’t start until 1901, making the 1904 election the first of the 20th century.
The 20th century started in 1901
McKinley: beats Bryan in 1896
Bryan: guess who's back. back again
yay mr beat
The 20th century began on January 1st 1901 not 1900
Yup, there was no year 0
@@MeesterTweester, In the AD system at least. Let me just say that what if there was a year 0 in AD? Would you be arguing about it right now or is there something else involved here? Anyways other systems do have a year 0 and one system that does have one is astronomical year numbering. I'm not going to go into full detail on how it works but if you want more information about this system then I recommend you to check out this NASA link here. eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEhelp/dates.html But all you need to know is that it's a modified version of the AD system which just so you know it's not a full replacement for the AD system nor it is the AD system itself.
But it can be used to show an idea of what if the AD system had a year 0 just like all the other ones. That and it's also kinda arbitrary to not use a number which is so used a lot in math nowadays. Sure back then when the system was made europe didn't have a 0. That and the concept of 0 is much different compared to all the numbers that we use. But not only do we now have a 0 to use but also that it's in fact a number that we all use in math which means that we do have the potential to add a year 0 into the AD system.
@@seanvasquez523
He means the Gregorian/Anno Domini system. There was no year 0 to start the Anno Domini system and hence the first century spanned year 1 to 100, second 101-200, so on.
This also applies to decades and milleniums. Hence, the 2nd Millenium actually spanned from 1001 to 2000, and the 2000s decade spanned 2001-2010. It's not opinion, just math.
@@seanvasquez523
(Replying to your second paragraph)
Umm..What?
@@kothen4994 Well I don't know. I mean every year always starts a new decade, century, and millennium (although for the purposes of this comment it's better to talk about centuries) and then again the years 1900 to 1999 can be considered to be part of a century called the 1900s century or any year that's a part of the 19xx group and the years 2000 to 2099 can be considered a part of a century called the 2000s century or any year in the 20xx group. And if you're using the astronomical year numbering system which I mentioned in the paragraph above which has a year 0 then it makes sense to have these years be 100 years respectively.
You could consider these years as part of the 20th and 21st centuries respectively but I think it makes more sense for the AD system and not the astronomical year numbering system to use the xxx1 to x100 grouping of years due to the whole ordinal nature of the AD system (ordinal means ordering things in a sequence like 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc) in which it makes more sense that a century called the 21st century starts in the 1st year in 2001 (even if 2000 and any other year of or that matter can be more acceptable to start the 21st century there).
I admit I have to get caught up in Mr Beat Video's since they are not fake news. But is George Dewey related to Thomas?
+Thomas Derr Not that I am aware. Thanks for watching :)
LOL I was just wondering Dewey can't be that popular of a name. Love your videos they are addicting. I love history so this is the perfect channel for me.
Mckinley you were a good president and all but I am not a fan of high tariffs
20th century!
The 20th century began on January 1st 1901 Mate. There was no Year Zero! So the first Presidential Election of the 20th century was the next one. in 1904.
In the AD era anyway. Why do I have to say this everytime? I mean there can be a year 0 and there are systems that do have a year 0. It's just that because of the fact that AD was made during the time when the number 0 wasn't as well known in europe as it is now. So because of this that's why the most popularly used year numbering system in the would right now doesn't have a year 0 compared to other systems of it's kind.
However it doesn't mean we can't have one however. I mean look around us. We use the number 0 all the time.
So we do have the potential of adding a year 0 into the most popularly used year numbering system in the world. One idea is astronomical year numbering or AYN for short. I'm not going to go into full detail on how it works but if you want more information about this system then I recommend you to check out this NASA link here. eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEhelp/dates.html Anyways all you need to know is that it's a modified version of the AD system which just so you know it's not a full replacement for the AD system nor it is the AD system itself. But it can be used to show that since every year always starts a new century and that it's arbitrariness was of course maybe by humans and that you can indeed start the 20th century in any year you would like including the year 1900.
It's just that because I wanted to give the 20th century and a another century called the 1900s distinction between each other, I decided to have two different start dates for these centuries. 1900 started the 1900s (century) in AYN and ended in 1999. The 20th century of the AD era started in 1901 and ended in 2000. I hope that you liked that Idea and I also hope that I was able to share to you that you can in fact start a new century in any year you would like and that you can also start two different centuries in two different years that being the 1900s (century) in 1900 and the 20th century in 1901.
William McKinley gives me Bolsonaro vibes
“Finally, we’ve made it to the 20th century!”. The 20th century didn’t start en 1900, but in 1901, so the presidential election of 1900 was the last election of the 19th century, and not the first election of the 20th century.
I never understand why century's are counted that way, if decades start with the year ending in 0 (The 2020's started in 2020) than why should century's?
Was George Dewey related to heawey
Saw a pic of Henry Metcalf, cool beard tho
1900 was 19th century
Eugene V. Debs of the social democratic party got 87.945 votes 0.63%
William vs william
William vs William 2
@@lightningblaze2005 Yes
1900 is not 20th century
Garret Hobart, McKinley's first term VP, refused to step aside then died in Nov. 1899, age 55.
TR and McKinley elected to office November, 1900. Inaugurated March, 1901.
McKinley shot September 6, 1901. Died September14, 1901. TR became president.
McKinley's campaign manager, Sen. Mark Hanna, wanted to challenge TR in GOP presidential primary in 1904. Hanna died February1904. TR won reelection November, 1904.
In the captions it literally said the day u were born
America has always been an Empire
The Socialist Labor Party nominated Joseph Malloney for president & Valentine Remmel for vice president
Mr beat My birthday is November 6 can you give me a shout out on your next video
Back when the democrats were the southern party. They haven't changed, they just changed location.
If you’ve been watching this series you should know that Democrats have changed! So have the Republicans! Political parties change platforms all the time, in order to appeal to a wider base or to reflect the changes that the American people want! The Democrats started as a pro democracy populist party that wanted to increase executive power, then they became a party intent on expansion out west and gained support from a lot of slave owners, then they shifted their focus towards classical liberalism, non interventionism, and free trade, then they became a populist progressive party under Bryan (this video) after to progressive era they refocused to classical liberalism, under Roosevelt they adopted much more social democratic policies and shifted their view on civil rights, under Truman, Kennedy and Johnson they became the civil rights party, and under Clinton they took their modern form as an economically and socially liberal party.
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You Americans have to understand that you are not the policeman of the world.
This was.. let me check..
*120 years ago*
@@kothen4994 Mr. Beat says "Since then, America has been policing various countries across the world" - leading up to the present. A more reasonable saying would be " Since then, America has been involved in various conflucts around the world".
that was real cool to learn. and on another note in 1900 we had almost 4 million illegal Italian immigrants coming to our country but I didn't see anybody trying to stop them. I guess it only matters if you're trying to come to this country and your brown
@@jeffw1267 yes that is correct they came over legally but don't you understand what you just said? They came to this country and then became legal light other people try to do but can't because of their color. Please don't be dumb. Have a nice day and wash your hands.
Italians are brown though.
Cut the background music on your videos. Very annoying.
George Dewey is the Father of Thomas Dewey?
Thomas Dewey's father was named George, but not the famous admiral/the one mentioned in the video
@@PokemonRedSox Ah, thanks dude.
can someone please tell me the song at the end?