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This drawing shows Maj. William McKinley, the presidential nominee for the Republican Party, make an elaborate front-porch campaign speech at his home in Canton, Ohio in 1896. In the nation's early decades, campaigning for oneself simply wasn't done. It was seen as rude and uncivil. But three Ohio-born presidents, beginning with James Garfield in 1880, found a clever way to sidestep tradition. They stumped from their front porches. (AP Photo, File)

This drawing shows Maj. William McKinley, the presidential nominee for the Republican Party, make an elaborate front-porch campaign speech at his home in Canton, Ohio in 1896. In the nation's early decades, campaigning for oneself simply wasn't done. It was seen as rude and uncivil. But three Ohio-born presidents, beginning with James Garfield in 1880, found a clever way to sidestep tradition. They stumped from their front porches. (AP Photo, File)

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