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William McKinley (January 29, 1843 – September 14, 1901) was the 25th president of the United States, serving from 1897 until his assassination in 1901. As a member of the Republican Party, he led a realignment that made Republicans largely dominant in the industrial states and nationwide for decades.
William McKinley, Jr. was the twenty-fifth President of the United States, and the last veteran of the Civil War to be elected. By the 1880s, this Ohio native was a nationally known Republican leader; his signature issue was high tariffs on imports as a formula for prosperity, as typified by his McKinley Tariff of 1890.
Today is the birthday of that man, President William McKinley Jr., who was in office from 1897 to 1901. "There are only 45 people who have been elected president ...
The presidency of William McKinley began on March 4, 1897, when William McKinley was inaugurated as the 25th President of the United States and ended upon his assassination on September 14, 1901. McKinley is best known for conducting the successful Spanish–American War (1898), freeing Cuba from Spain; taking ownership of the Republic of ...
McKinley won the state by a margin of 5.4%, This was the first time the Republicans had carried West Virginia since Ulysses S. Grant in 1872 . McKinley’s win resulted substantially from the fact that workers in West Virginia’s growing coal industry opposed Bryan’s free silver policy [ 1 ] because it would cause inflation.
The 926 delegates to the Republican convention, which met in Philadelphia on June 19–21, re-nominated President William McKinley by acclamation. Thomas C. Platt, the "boss" of the New York State Republican Party, did not like Theodore Roosevelt, New York's popular governor, even though he was a fellow Republican.
The Timken Foundation of Canton and the Stark County commissioners plan to unveil the President William McKinley statue on Oct. 21 in Canton.
April 12 - McKinley signs the Foraker Act into law. April 30 - Hawaii is incorporated as a U.S. territory. July 12 - McKinley accepts the Republican presidential nomination. [5] November 6 - McKinley is elected to a second term in the 1900 United States presidential election, defeating William Jennings Bryan for a second time.