Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act
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The Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act of 1909, named for Representative Sereno E. Payne and Senator Nelson W. Aldrich, began in the House of Representatives as a bill lowering certain tariffs on goods entering the United States. By the time it ran through the Senate, there had been tacked on so many amendments to the original bill that it actually raised the current tariff standings. This greatly angered Progressives, who were beginning to stop supporting President William Howard Taft. The debate over the tariff split the Republican party into Progressives and Old Guard and, because of the split votes in most states, resulted in the eventual presidency of Democrat Woodrow Wilson, elected in 1912.
See also
- McKinley Tariff of 1890
- Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act of 1894
- Dingley Act of 1897
- Mann-Elkins Act of 1910
- Underwood Tariff
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