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William McKinley

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William McKinley (January 29, 1843 – September 14, 1901) was the 25th President of the United States, from 1897 until his assassination in 1901. His term is remembered for expanding the territories and colonies of the United States through a period of great expansion and conquest, including the annexation of Cuba and the Philippines following the Spanish-American War, and the acquisition of Hawaii by the U.S.

Biography

Born in Niles, Ohio on Sunday January 29, 1843, William McKinley was the seventh of nine children. His parents, William and Nancy (Allison) McKinley were of Scottish ancestry. He attended the public schools, Poland Academy, and Allegheny College, but McKinley fell ill and had to return home. While at Allegheny, McKinley joined the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity; at his later inauguration as president the only jewelry that McKinley wore was his fraternity pin. On June 23, 1861, at the start of the American Civil War, he enlisted in the Union Army, as a private in the Twenty-third Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. McKinley saw combat in several battles; at Antietam he was promoted from commissary sergeant by his commander (and fellow future US President) Rutherford B. Hayes for delivering rations under enemy fire. He was promoted several times during the war, and was eventually mustered out as Captain and brevet Major of the same regiment in September 1865.

Following the war, McKinley attended Albany Law School in Albany, New York, being admitted to the bar in 1867. He commenced practice in Canton, Ohio. He was prosecuting attorney of Stark County, Ohio, from 1869 to 1871, and was elected as a Republican to the Forty-fifth, Forty-sixth, and Forty-seventh U.S. Congress (March 4, 1877-March 3, 1883). He was chairman of the Committee on Revision of the Laws (Forty-seventh Congress). He presented his credentials as a Member-elect to the Forty-eighth Congress and served from March 4, 1883 until May 27, 1884, when he was succeeded by Jonathan H. Wallace, who successfully contested his election. McKinley was again elected to the Forty-ninth, Fiftieth, and Fifty-first Congresses (March 4, 1885-March 3, 1891). He was chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means (Fifty-first Congress). In 1890, he authored the unpopular McKinley Tariff.

McKinley was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1890 to the Fifty-second Congress. He was a delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1884, 1888, and 1892. Standing for election with his running mate Andrew L. Harris, McKinley was elected Governor of Ohio in 1891, and re-elected in 1893, serving until January 13, 1896.

Presidency

William McKinley was elected President of the United States in 1896, defeating William Jennings Bryan.

In 1898, McKinley launched the trust-busting era when he appointed several Senators (and his former Lt. Governor Andrew L. Harris) to the U.S. Industrial Commission. Later, the Industrial Commission's report to Theodore Roosevelt would lay the groundwork for Roosevelt's attacks on trusts and 'malefactors of great wealth'.

McKinley led the country into the Spanish-American War, bringing the former colonies of Spain in the Philippines and Caribbean Sea under American control. Despite some vocal domestic opposition, his administration ushered the U.S. into the "New Imperialism" of the era.

He was re-elected in 1900, again beating Bryan.

Leon Czolgosz shoots President McKinley with a concealed revolver.

Assassination

McKinley was shot by Leon F. Czolgosz, a fervent Anarchist, on September 6, 1901, while attending the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. He died of blood poisoning from his infected wounds at the house of John Milburn (currently, Canisius High School is located on the site), at 2:15 a.m. on Saturday September 14, 1901. He was the third U.S. president to be assassinated. His body was interred in the McKinley Monument adjacent to West Lawn Cemetery in Canton, Ohio. President Theodore Roosevelt, Ohio Governor Andrew L. Harris and other speakers saluted the fallen President at the McKinley Memorial.

Trivia

McKinley's portrait appeared on the U.S. $500 bill from 1928 to 1946.

McKinley had a pet parrot named 'Washington Post'.

Cabinet


Supreme Court appointments

McKinley appointed the following Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States:

  • Joseph McKenna: 1898

Significant events during presidency

  • Dingley Tariff (1897)
  • Maximum Freight Case (1897)
  • Spanish-American War (1898)
  • Gold Standard Act (1900)

Monuments and memorials

  • McKinley Monument, Buffalo, New York
  • McKinley County, New Mexico is named in his honor.
  • Mount McKinley, Alaska is named after him.

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He was a delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1884, 1888, and 1892. McKinley was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1890 to the Fifty-second Congress. In 1890, he authored the unpopular McKinley Tariff. He was chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means (Fifty-first Congress).

McKinley was again elected to the Forty-ninth, Fiftieth, and Fifty-first Congresses (March 4, 1885-March 3, 1891). Wallace, who successfully contested his election. He presented his credentials as a Member-elect to the Forty-eighth Congress and served from March 4, 1883 until May 27, 1884, when he was succeeded by Jonathan H. He was chairman of the Committee on Revision of the Laws (Forty-seventh Congress).

Congress (March 4, 1877-March 3, 1883). He was prosecuting attorney of Stark County, Ohio, from 1869 to 1871, and was elected as a Republican to the Forty-fifth, Forty-sixth, and Forty-seventh U.S. He commenced practice in Canton, Ohio. Following the war, McKinley attended Albany Law School in Albany, New York, being admitted to the bar in 1867.

He was promoted several times during the war, and was eventually mustered out as Captain and brevet Major of the same regiment in September 1865. Hayes for delivering rations under enemy fire. McKinley saw combat in several battles; at Antietam he was promoted from commissary sergeant by his commander (and fellow future US President) Rutherford B. On June 23, 1861, at the start of the American Civil War, he enlisted in the Union Army, as a private in the Twenty-third Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.

While at Allegheny, McKinley joined the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity; at his later inauguration as president the only jewelry that McKinley wore was his fraternity pin. He attended the public schools, Poland Academy, and Allegheny College, but McKinley fell ill and had to return home. His parents, William and Nancy (Allison) McKinley were of Scottish ancestry. Born in Niles, Ohio on Sunday January 29, 1843, William McKinley was the seventh of nine children.

. His term is remembered for expanding the territories and colonies of the United States through a period of great expansion and conquest, including the annexation of Cuba and the Philippines following the Spanish-American War, and the acquisition of Hawaii by the U.S. William McKinley (January 29, 1843 – September 14, 1901) was the 25th President of the United States, from 1897 until his assassination in 1901. Mount McKinley, Alaska is named after him.

McKinley County, New Mexico is named in his honor. McKinley Monument, Buffalo, New York. Gold Standard Act (1900). Spanish-American War (1898).

Maximum Freight Case (1897). Dingley Tariff (1897). Joseph McKenna: 1898.