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William McKinley

William McKinley, Jr. was the 25th President of the United States . He is best known for winning fiercely fought elections, while supporting the gold standard and high tariffs; he succeeded in forging a Republican coalition that for the most part dominated national politics until the 1930s...

Timeline of Events

1898

7.7.1898

U.S. President William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States.

1901

9.6.1901

Anarchist Leon Czolgosz shoots and fatally wounds US President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.

9.14.1901

President of the United States William McKinley dies after an assassination attempt on September 6, and is succeeded by Theodore Roosevelt.

10.29.1901

Capital punishment: Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of US President William McKinley, is executed by electrocution.

1907

9.30.1907

McKinley National Memorial, final resting place of assassinated U.S. President William McKinley and his family, dedicated in Canton, Ohio.