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McKinley gave a short speech at his second inauguration on March 4, 1901. [11] Having long been an advocate of protective tariffs , and believing the Dingley Tariff , passed during his first year in office, had helped the nation reach prosperity, McKinley planned to negotiate reciprocal trade agreements with other countries.
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.
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.
On September 14th in 1901: President McKinley died of infection from gunshot wounds. McKinley was shot twice at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York days before his death. Other Events ...
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. He lingered for days in Buffalo ...
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.
McKinley died in 1901 at the hands of an assassin. And he was in Buffalo, N.Y., that September in part to give a speech prodding the nation in a more free-trade direction.
The assassination of United States president William McKinley took place at 4:07 PM on Friday, September 6, 1901, at the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York. McKinley, attending the Pan-American Exposition , was shot twice in the abdomen at close range by Leon Czolgosz , an anarchist , who was armed with a .32-caliber Iver Johnson "Safety ...