William McKinley Facts - 25th President of USA

The twenty-fifth president of the united states of America William McKinley facts. And he was born on January 29, 1843, in Niles, Ohio.

William McKinley Life

He was the seventh of nine children. His parents were of English and Scots-Irish ancestry. At age nine, the family moved to Poland, Ohio, and he attended Poland Seminary.

William McKinley Education

When he graduated from Poland Seminary, he attended Mount Union College. He also attended Allegheny College for one term.

William McKinley Career

At the start of the American Civil War, William joined the Union Army, where he was a private in the 23rd Regiment of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry. His superior officer was a future president, Rutherford B. Hayes.

William McKinley Marriage

In 1869, McKinley met his future wife, Ida Saxton, and they were married two years later. They had two daughters together, Katherine and Ida, but both girls died before reaching the age of five.

The McKinleys faced much tragedy, and Mrs. McKinley lost her mother, two children, and her husband.  Before his death, she began to develop epilepsy and her seizures occurred in public at times. William took great care to accommodate her. He went against tradition and had her sit next to him at state dinners rather than at the other end of the table.

When Mrs. McKinley was about to have a seizure, William would place a napkin or handkerchief over her contorted features and then remove it when the seizure was over and go on as if nothing had happened. After her husband's death, she lost much of her desire to live. She could not even attend his funeral. She was cared for by her younger sister. She died six years after her husband's death on May 26, 1907. William, Ida, and their two deceased daughters are buried in the McKinley Memorial Mausoleum in Canton.

William McKinley was the 25th President of the United States, as well as the final president who served in the Civil War.

President William McKinley Facts

He was a Republican leader by the 1880s and a Republican candidate in the 1896 election. He promoted pluralism with ethnic groups and upheld the gold standard. After the Panic of 1893, McKinley was president during a time of returned prosperity. He was responsible for launching the Spanish-American War, which was widely popular.

He also annexed Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines, which were former Spanish territories. Additionally, he presided over the annexation of the Kingdom of Hawaii, which was formerly independent. In 1900, McKinley was reelected.

William McKinley Assassination

McKinley's assassination occurred on September 6, 1901. President McKinley had an engagement in which he was to greet the public at the Temple of Music.

A man named Leon Frank Czolgosz was standing in line with a pistol in his right hand, but it was covered with a handkerchief. He fired twice at the president at 4:07 p.m. The first bullet grazed the shoulder of the president, but the second went through his stomach, pancreas, and kidney, and then it went into the muscles of his back.

The angry crowd beat Czologosz so severely that it was thought he would die right then and there, but apparently, McKinley called out for them not to hurt him. Doctors were not able to find the second bullet. They thought that searching for the bullet might cause more of a problem than a benefit.

He also seemed to be recovering, so they did not look for it further. Although the new x-ray machine had been newly invented, the doctors did not want to use it on McKinley because they were afraid of side effects.

Although doctors thought he would survive, he died eight days after he was shot from gangrene around his wounds. Czologosz was tried for murder and found guilty and was put to death by electric chair on October 29, 1901.

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NICKNAME
Idol Of Ohio

BIRTH
January 29, 1843, in Niles, Ohio

William McKinley Family
MOTHER
Nancy Allison

FATHER
William McKinley

SISTERS
Anna, Mary, Helen, and Sarah Elizabeth

BROTHERS
David Allison, James, and Abner

MARRIAGE
Ida Saxton January 25, 1871, in Canton, Ohio

CHILDREN
Katherine and Ida

William McKinley Life
RELIGION
Methodist

PRE-PRESIDENCY PROFESSION
Teacher, soldier, lawyer

MILITARY SERVICE
Civil War: Enlisted in the 23rd Volunteer Infantry, 1861
Discharged in July 1865 as a brevet major

POLITICAL LIFE

Stark County, Ohio prosecutor (1869-1871)
U.S.  Representative (1877-1833) and (1885-1891)
Governor of Ohio (1892-1896)
United States President two terms (March 4, 1897-September 1901)

POLITICAL PARTY
Republican

INAUGURATION
Inaugurated the 25th President of the United States on March 4, 1897, at the age of 54
William McKinley - First and Second Term Inaugural Address

William McKinley Administration

PRESIDENCY
Two terms (March 4, 1897-September 14, 1901)

VICE PRESIDENT
Garret Augustus Hobart (1897-1899), Died in office
Theodore Roosevelt (1901, March-September)

FIRST LADY
Ida McKinley (1897-1901)
Facts about Ida McKinley
Biography of Ida McKinley

SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENTS
Joseph McKenna (1898)

William McKinley Cabinet
SECRETARY OF STATE
John Sherman (1897-1898)
John M. Hay (1898-1901)

SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY
Lyman J. Gage (1897-1901)

SECRETARY OF WAR
Russell A. Alger (1897-1901)
Elihu Root (1899-1901)

ATTORNEY GENERAL
Joseph McKenna (1897-1898)
John W. Griggs (1898-1901)
Philander C. Knox (1901)

POSTMASTER GENERAL
James A. Gary (1897-1898)
Charles Emory Smith (1898-1901)

SECRETARY OF THE NAVY
John D. Long (1897-1901)

SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR
Cornelius N. Bliss (1897-1898)
Ethan A. Hitchcock (1898-1901)

SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE
James Wilson (1897-1901)

POST PRESIDENCY LIFE

President McKinley was assassinated while in office

DEATH
Died of complications from gunshot wounds on September 14, 1901, in Buffalo, New York at the age of 58

BURIAL PLACE
Canton, Ohio

LANDMARKS
National McKinley Birthplace Museum, Niles, Canton, Ohio.
William McKinley Presidential Library, Museum and McKinley National Memorial (grave), Canton, Ohio.