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The McKinley Tariff Act of 1890 raised import duties to an average of 50%. In the 1890 midterm elections McKinley lost his seat in the House. The McKinley Tariff was repealed by the Democrats in 1894, but some tariffs remained in place and Cleveland refused to sign the law. In the midterm elections of 1894 the Republicans recaptured control of both houses of Congress because of the ongoing economic depression and agrarian revolt.

Theodore Roosevelt and President McKinley at the Blue Tanks, Congress, AZ May 7, 1901 while visiting the Congress Gold Mine



September 14, 1901 Roosevelt became the 26th president of the United States