Upon the assassination of McKinley, the Vice President, Theodore Roosevelt, became President.
Vice president Theodore Roosevelt became president upon the death of McKinley.
Vice President Theodore Roosevelt assumed the Presidency upon the assassination of President William McKinley.
September 14th ,1901 was the date the Theodore Roosevelt first took office due to the assassination of President William McKinley. He was re-elected and served until March 4, 1909.
Theodore Roosevelt was the Vice President of William McKinley. When McKinley was assassinated and died on 14 September 1901, Roosevelt became President. He was 42 years of age, the youngest American to become President.
He was born on 29 December 1808, so he was 56 when he became the President upon the assassination of Lincoln.
No, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the Governor of New York before he became the President.
Londyn B johnson became the 36th pesedent of the U.S upon the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
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He may be best known as an assassination victim- tragically cut down in his prime of life. The Spanish-American War took place while he was President, people remember that fact.
John F. Kennedy was the youngest president ever elected (43 years 236 days old).However, Theodore Roosevelt became vice president at a younger age (42 years 322 days old) and became president after McKinley's assassination and was technically a younger president than JFK.
President William McKinley was shot by an anarchist and died of his wounds. Vice President Theodore Roosevelt was elevated to the office of President upon McKinley's death. TR was easily re-elected in 1904.