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William McKinley (January 29, 1843 – September 14, 1901) ... McKinley was a major actor in some of the most important events in American history. His decisions ...
The presidency of William McKinley began on March 4, 1897, when William McKinley was inaugurated and ended September 14, 1901, upon his assassination. A longtime Republican, McKinley is best known for conducting the successful Spanish–American War (1898), freeing Cuba from Spain; taking ownership of the Republic of Hawaii; and purchasing the Philippines, Guam and Puerto Rico.
He, the said William McKinley, from the said sixth day of September, in the year aforesaid, until the fourteenth day of September, in the same year aforesaid, in the city and county aforesaid, did languish and languishing did live; on which said last mentioned day he, the said William McKinley, of the said mortal wound did die.
History put a nickname on William McKinley, who ended the war as a brevet major, for his gallant actions on the battlefield. "During the battle he drove a wagon full of supplies, including coffee ...
Donald Trump has spent considerable time on the campaign trail this year invoking a president who has been dead for more than 123 years: William McKinley.
Former Governor William McKinley, the Republican nominee, defeated former Representative William Jennings Bryan, the Democratic nominee. The 1896 campaign, which took place during an economic depression known as the Panic of 1893 , was a political realignment that ended the old Third Party System and began the Fourth Party System .
William McKinley. William McKinley was born in Niles, Ohio in 1843. He left college to work as a teacher, and enlisted in the Union Army when the American Civil War broke out in 1861. He served throughout the war, ending it as a brevet major. Afterwards, he attended Albany Law School in New York state, and was admitted to the bar in Ohio.
CANTON ‒ William McKinley is still famous. Nearly 123 years after the former president was assassinated, and now firmly in the digital age, he's remembered.