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President William McKinley
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William McKinley,
the 25th President serves from 1897 until 1901.
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Garret
Hobart was Vice President.
He had been a Republican member of the
New Jersey state
legislature and Senate.
He was born near Long Branch, Monmouth County,
New Jersey on
June 3, 1844
He died in office in Paterson, Passaic County,
New Jersey
on November 21, 1899
The Secretary of State was next in line to succeed to the
presidency. |
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First Lady |
Ida
(Saxton) McKinley was the First Lady. They had 2 children.
Ida suffered from epilepsy and during a seizure the President
would place a handkerchief over her face to hide the distortions
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McKinley was a
Republican from
Ohio.
McKinley condemned industrial trusts as "dangerous conspiracies
against the public good."
McKinley served during the two year Spanish-American War of
1898.
Hawaii was annexed to the U.S. in July of 1898.
The Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico were also annexed to the
U.S. under his administration.
McKinley urged Congress to enact the highest tariff in history. |
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"Our
faith teaches that there is no safer reliance than upon the God
of our fathers, who has so singularly favored the American
people in every national trial, and who will not forsake us so
long as we obey His commandments and walk humbly in His
footsteps." -
President William McKinley, First Inaugural Address.
McKinley won the election with the largest majority of popular
votes over the previous 28 years. |
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"In the time of
darkest defeat, victory may be nearest." - President William
McKinley.
"Unlike any other nation, here the people rule, and their will
is the supreme law. It is sometimes sneeringly said by those who
do not like free government, that here we count heads. True,
heads are counted, but brains also. . ." - President William
McKinley. |
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1901 |
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President William McKinley begins a second term as
President.
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Vice |
Theodore Roosevelt was Vice President
for McKinley's second term. |
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William McKinley was
a
Republican from Canton,
Ohio.
McKinley when shot by Czolgosz became the the third President to be assassinated.
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term. |
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"These only
becloud, they do not help to point the way of safety and honor.
'Hope maketh not ashamed.' The prophets of evil
were not the builders of the Republic, nor in its crises since
have they saved or served it. The faith of the fathers was a
mighty force in its creation, and the faith of their descendants
has wrought its progress and furnished its defenders." -
President William McKinley, Second Inaugural Address. |
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"That's all a man can
hope for during his lifetime—to set an example—and when he is
dead, to be an inspiration for history." - President William
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Birth Death
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McKinley was
born in Niles, Trumbull County,
Ohio on January 29, 1843.
President William
McKinley is shot twice on September 6, 1901 by a deranged Polish anarchist,
Leon Czolgosz, at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo,
New York. He dies 8 days later on September 14th in Buffalo. While
he lay dying he expressed concern that care be taken when
informing his wife. |
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Links |
William McKinley Memorial Library and Museum
William McKinley - White House History
Presidential Elections
Inauguration Speeches
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Executive Jumps -
G Washington
- J Adams -
T
Jefferson - J Madison -
J Monroe -
J Q
Adams - A Jackson -
- M Van Buren -
W
H Harrison - J Tyler -
J Polk -
Z Taylor -
M Fillmore -
F Pierce
- J Buchanan -
A
Lincoln - A Johnson -
- U S Grant -
R B Hayes
- J Garfield -
C
Arthur - G Cleveland -
B Harrison -
G
Cleveland - W McKinley -
T Roosevelt -
- W Taft
- W Wilson -
W Harding
- C Coolidge -
H
Hoover - F D Roosevelt -
H Truman -
D D Eisenhower
- J F Kennedy -
- L B Johnson -
R Nixon -
G Ford -
J Carter -
R Reagan -
G H W Bush
- B Clinton -
G W Bush
- BH Obama -
- Methodology -
TimeLine of the Presidency -
Inauguration Speeches
- Party Platforms
-
The Early Presidents
- Distinctions of the
Presidencies
Black
American Patriots -
President's Day -
Rhymes about the
Founding Fathers
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