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Governor McKinley left office in early 1896 and, at the instigation of
For a long time, William McKinley was considered a mediocre President,
a chief executive who was controlled by his political cronies and who
was pressured into war with Spain by the
A Life in Brief: For a long time, William McKinley was considered a
mediocre President, a chief executive who was controlled by his
political cronies and who was pressured into war with Spain by the
When President William McKinley was assassinated in 1901 he told his
secret servicemen to not allow the crowd to kill Leon Czolgosz who
fired two shots into the ex
William McKinley was the 7th of nine children, the child of William
and Nancy Allison McKinley. Both of Scots-Irish descent. He was born
in Niles, in 1843.
Born in Niles, Ohio, on Sunday, January 29, 1843, William McKinley was
the seventh of nine children. In 1869, he made Canton, Ohio his
permanent residence and remained there until he died.
William McKinley (January 29, 1843 - September 14, 1901) was the 25th
(1897-1901) President of the United States.
McKinley was born in Niles, Ohio, January 29, 1843.
Grover Cleveland, William McKinley and the Emergence of the
President as Party Leader, in Presidential Studies Quarterly
by Daniel P. Klinghard. 24 pgs.
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 Scots-Irish ancestry.
William McKinley was the clear front-runner. A former Congressman and
governor of his state, McKinley was famous for having steered a
high-tariff bill through Congress in 1890.
President William McKinley, from the Library of Congress Presidents
and First Ladies Collection
This article originally appeared in September 2001, in New Federalist
newspaper.