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Leon Frank Czolgosz (/ ˈ tʃ ɒ l ɡ ɒ ʃ / CHOL-gosh; [2] Polish: [ˈlɛɔn ˈt͡ʂɔwɡɔʂ]; May 5, 1873 – October 29, 1901) was an American laborer and anarchist who assassinated United States President William McKinley on September 6, 1901, in Buffalo, New York. The president died on September 14 after his wound became infected.
Leon Czolgosz, McKinley's assassin. Leon Czolgosz was born in Detroit, Michigan, in 1873, the son of Polish immigrants. [4] The Czolgosz family moved several times as Paul Czolgosz, Leon's father, sought work throughout the Midwest. [5] As an adult, Leon Czolgosz worked in a Cleveland factory until he lost his job in a labor dispute in 1893 ...
Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison is a 1901 silent film produced by the Edison Studios arms of Edison Manufacturing Company. The film is a dramatic reenactment of the execution of Leon Czolgosz by electric chair at Auburn Correctional Facility following his 1901 conviction for the assassination of William McKinley .
On September 14, 1901, William McKinley died, eight days after being shot by Leon Czolgosz. [7] Next, Warren G. Harding suffered a heart attack, and died on August 2, 1923. [8] On April 12, 1945, Franklin D. Roosevelt (who had just begun his fourth term in office) collapsed and died as a result of a cerebral hemorrhage. [9]
McKinley did deliver that speech on Sept. 5, 1901, but it turned out to be his last. He was shot in the abdomen the next morning by an anarchist named Leon Czolgosz, and he succumbed to his wounds ...
On September 6, 1901, President McKinley was shot in the stomach by a 28-year-old anarchist named Leon Czolgosz. Doctors were unable to locate the bullet. The President's wound eventually became infected with gangrene. [37] [38] He died eight days after the shooting, aged 58. [39]
In the 36-year span from 1865 to 1901, three U.S. Presidents died by an assassin’s bullet: Abraham Lincoln (1865), James Garfield (1881) and William McKinley (1901).
Luigi Mangione has accepted nearly $300,000 in donations from fans as he awaits trial for allegedly slaying Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, in December. The December 4 Legal Committee ...