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William McKinley (R) was elected as the 25th President of the United States in 1896.
The president is the highest elected official in our government. Currently the highest elected president is Barack Obama. He is the first black elected president in the United States.
Woodrow Wilson was the last president elected before 1920 when the women s suffrage amendment was ratified. However, some states, such as Utah allowed women to vote in 1896. which would make Grover Cleveland in 1892 the last to get no votes from women.
William Jennings Bryan was the Democratic Party's Presidential Nominee in 1896, 1900 and 1908. He lost all three times. William McKinley won in 1896 and 1900, and William Howard Taft won in 1908.Related trivia : William Jennings Bryan was the youngest person ever to receive presidential electoral votes (36 years & 9 months of age in Jan 1897).
The newly elected French President is Francois Hollande