He defeated James Campbell and Lawrence Neal in elections for governor, and his lone appointment to the Supreme Court was Joseph McKenna.  During his presidency the Maximum Freight Case was decided, and this president signed the Gold Standard Act into law. He was criticized for his nomination of the possibly senile John Sherman to Secretary of State.  Campaigning on the slogan "prosperity at home and prestige abroad", his administration would win what later Secretary of State John Hay called a "splendid little war".  Elected in large part due to the work of his campaign manager Mark Hanna and 
He defeated James Campbell and Lawrence Neal in elections for governor, and his lone appointment to the Supreme Court was Joseph McKenna.  During his presidency the Maximum Freight Case was decided, and this president signed the Gold Standard Act into law. He was criticized for his nomination of the possibly senile John Sherman to Secretary of State.  Campaigning on the slogan "prosperity at home and prestige abroad", his administration would win what later Secretary of State John Hay called a "splendid little war".  Elected in large part due to the work of his campaign manager Mark Hanna and signer of the Dingley Tariff, this is, for 10 points, what president who served during the Spanish-American War and whose assassination in Buffalo led to Theodore Roosevelt's presidency?
He defeated James Campbell and Lawrence Neal in elections for governor, and his lone appointment to the Supreme Court was Joseph McKenna.  
William McKinley