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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.
A drawing depicting Leon Czolgosz shooting William McKinley with a concealed revolver. William McKinley was assassinated on September 6, 1901, inside the Temple of Music on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. McKinley was shaking hands with the public when Leon Czolgosz, a Polish-American anarchist, shot him.
William McKinley was shot in September 1901 in Buffalo, New York, by Leon Czolgosz, an anarchist. McKinley was making an appearance at the Pan-American Exposition. McKinley was making an ...
At 2:15 a.m. on September 14, 1901, McKinley died. Theodore Roosevelt rushed back to Buffalo and took the oath of office as president. Czolgosz, put on trial for murder nine days after McKinley's death, was found guilty, sentenced to death on September 26 and executed by electric chair on October 29, 1901. [215]
He was shot by Leon Czolgosz on Sep. 6, 1901, at the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York, during the Pan-American Exposition. More: Feds: Man pleads guilty after leaving threatening voicemails at ...
On September 24, after a two-day trial, in which the defendant refused to defend himself, Czolgosz was convicted and later sentenced to death. He was executed by the electric chair in Auburn Prison on October 29, 1901. Czolgosz's actions were politically motivated, although it remains unclear what outcome, if any, he believed the shooting would ...