Instead, he cast his ballot for John M. Palmer, the presidential candidate of the National Democratic Party, or Gold Democrats, a short-lived party that supported a gold standard, low tariffs, and limited government.

Gold Democrats were successful in a few states in the Northeast, but had little luck elsewhere.

Cleveland lost support to the Silverites led by William Jennings Bryan, and declined to head the Gold Democrat ticket, though he did endorse the Gold Democrats.

One of the great orators of the day, Bryan generated enormous excitement among Democrats with his " Cross of Gold " speech, and appeared in the summer of 1896 to have a good chance of winning the election, if the Populists voted for him.

* Campaign Text-book of the National Democratic Party ( 1896 ) by Democratic Party ( U. S .) National Committee: this is the Gold Democrats handbook ; it strongly opposed Bryan.

* David T. Beito and Linda Royster Beito, " Gold Democrats and the Decline of Classical Liberalism, 1896-1900 ," Independent Review 4 ( Spring 2000 ), 555-75.

The following year, he joined the National Democratic Party, or " Gold Democrats ", who favored a sound money policy over the Free Silver position of the mainline Democrats.

He was the Gold Democrats ' candidate for Vice President of the United States in the 1896 election, but polled just over one percent of the vote on a ticket with John M. Palmer.

Gold Democrats and the Decline of Classical Liberalism from 1896 to 1900, Independent Review 4 ( Spring 2000 ), 555-75.

* David T. Beito and Linda Royster Beito, " Gold Democrats and the Decline of Classical Liberalism, 1896 – 1900 ," Independent Review 4 ( Spring 2000 ), 555 – 75.

In the early 1880s, he helped his close friend Edward Morse Shepard organize the Young Men's Democratic Club of Brooklyn, took a part in the 1892 presidential campaign on behalf of Grover Cleveland, supported the Gold Democrats against William Jennings Bryan in 1896, then switched to more moderate monetary reform as a member of the executive committee of the Indianapolis Monetary Convention in 1897.

* David T. Beito and Linda Royster Beito, " Gold Democrats and the Decline of Classical Liberalism, 1896-1900 ," Independent Review 4 ( Spring 2000 ), 555-75.

* David T. Beito and Linda Royster Beito, " Gold Democrats and the Decline of Classical Liberalism, 1896-1900 ", Independent Review 4 ( Spring 2000 ), pp. 555-75.

In 1896, Wood was Oregon ’ s sole representative on the national committee of the National Democratic Party, known as the Gold Democrats.

* David T. Beito and Linda Royster Beito, " Gold Democrats and the Decline of Classical Liberalism, 1896 – 1900 ," Independent Review 4 ( Spring 2000 ), 555 – 75.

As a strong believer in the gold standard, freedom of contract, and property rights, he could not abide the candidacy of William Jennings Bryan and supported the National Democratic Party ( Gold Democrats ) third ticket in 1896.

* David T. Beito and Linda Royster Beito, " Gold Democrats and the Decline of Classical Liberalism, 1896-1900 ," Independent Review 4 ( Spring 2000 ), 555-75.

* David T. Beito and Linda Royster Beito, " Gold Democrats and the Decline of Classical Liberalism, 1896-1900 ," Independent Review 4 ( Spring 2000 ), 555-75.

Frederick Lehmann always refused to run for public office, especially at a party convention of the breakaway Gold Democrats ( opposed to the Free Silver candidate William Jennings Bryan ) in St. Louis which he chaired ( being foreign-born, he could not run for President anyway ), and he declined judgeships.

In a meta-analysis of the effects of music therapy for children and adolescents with psychopathology, Gold, Voracek, and Wigram ( 2004 ) looked at 10 previous studies conducted between 1970 and 1998 to examine the overall efficacy of music therapy on children and adolescents with psychopathology, which can be broken down into three distinct categories: behavioral disorders, emotional disorders, and developmental disorders.

" The documentary, directed by Matthew Asner and Danny Gold, looked at the on-and off-field experiences of the team, including an in-depth look at the challenging relationship with the coach.

* 1933 – U. S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs two executive orders: 6101 to establish the Civilian Conservation Corps, and 6102 " forbidding the Hoarding of Gold Coin, Gold Bullion, and Gold Certificates " by U. S. citizens.

* 1848 – California Gold Rush: In a message before the U. S. Congress, US President James K. Polk confirms that large amounts of gold had been discovered in California.

He is later awarded a Gold medal from U. S. President William Howard Taft for this feat.

President Ronald Reagan posthumously awarded Robinson the Presidential Medal of Freedom on March 26, 1984, and on March 2, 2005, President George W. Bush gave Robinson's widow the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian award bestowed by Congress ; Robinson was only the second baseball player to receive the award, after Roberto Clemente.

Nancy and her husband were jointly awarded the Congressional Gold Medal on May 16, 2002 at the Capitol, and were only the third President and First Lady to receive it ; she accepted the medal on behalf of both of them.

Along with Collins and Aldrin, Armstrong was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Richard Nixon ; in 1978, President Jimmy Carter presented Armstrong the Congressional Space Medal of Honor in 1978 ; he and his former crewmates received the Congressional Gold Medal in 2009.

* Carter Beats the Devil: A novel by Glen David Gold wherein the climax of his latest touring stage show, Carter invites United States President Warren G. Harding on to stage to take part in his act, 2001.

* March 28 – U. S. President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal.

On the first night, he is summoned to meet the President at the White House, who presents him with a Congressional Gold Medal ( in fact, this happened several years previously ).

As the first woman to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic, Earhart received the Distinguished Flying Cross from Congress, the Cross of Knight of the Legion of Honor from the French Government and the Gold Medal of the National Geographic Society from President Herbert Hoover.

* Awarded the RIBA Royal Gold Medal in 1850, it was presented to him on 3 June by Thomas de Grey, 2nd Earl de Grey, the President of the Institute.

In 1957, he won the Gold Medal in the Moscow Music Festival ; President of the Jury was Dmitri Shostakovitch.

In addition, Gold served as Assistant Vice President for Research from 1969 – 1971 and the John L. Wetherill Professor of Astronomy from 1971 until his retirement in 1986.

President Bill Clinton spoke these words at the Congressional Gold Medal ceremony:

For the deeds of its citizens, the city received a Gold Medal for Military Valour by President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi.

Henry Adams, who believed that President Ulysses S. Grant had tolerated, encouraged, and perhaps even participated in corruption and swindles, attacked Grant in an 1870 article entitled The New York Gold Conspiracy.

At the Federation's 62nd general conference held in Helsinki, Finland, Beregovoy was awarded the first Yuri A. Gagarin Gold Medal for achievements in space ; Finnish President Urho Kekkonen was the honorary presenter on July 14, 1968.

Admiral Burke was presented a Gold Star in lieu of a third Distinguished Service Medal by President of the United States John F. Kennedy at the White House on July 26, 1961.

In September of 2012, President Barack Obama rededicated the last day in September as " Gold Star Mother's and Family's Day.

George W. Bush | President George W. Bush along with House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi congratulate Borlaug during the Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony on July 17, 2007