For Mark Hanna in 1896, the key to electing William McKinley lay in raising previously unheard-of amounts of money and spending it lavishly on pamphlets, posters, rallies and other forms of publicity.
Vicary's wife Hanna asked the Duke if he would like to hold the baby and William happily obliged, calmly cradling the newborn dressed in a 'superbaby' outfit.