McKinley was 54 when he took office.
Theodore Roosevelt took the oath to be President after William McKinley was assassinated in 1901.
Roosevelt was McKinley's vice-president. After McKinley was shot, Roosevelt took over.
Theodore Roosevelt was elected Vice President for President William McKinley in 1900. When McKinley was assassinated in September of 1901, Roosevelt became President
Theodore Roosevelt took office as President on September 14,1901 when President McKinley died from an assassin's bullet.
It put Teddy Roosevelt in office. Research all the great things Roosevelt did during his years of presidency. Initially, McKinley was favored because he cared about the people and was very professional. In contrast, Roosevelt seemed inexperience, but when he took over after McKinley's death, people accepted him and it helped him win the next four years in office.
Roosevelt ran as McKinley's running mate in 1900 and was elected to be the vice-president. He took office at the start of McKinley's second term in 1901. He was given the opportunity to get onto the ticket because the incumbent vice president , Hobart, who was elected with McKinley in 1896 died in office.
Theodore Roosevelt took office as President on September 14,1901 when President McKinley died from an assassin's bullet.
Um... no. The youngest president was Theodore Roosevelt (42) although he took office because he was the vice president of William McKinley, who was assassinated. The youngest president ever to be ELECTED was John F. Kennedy (43).
William McKinley was 53 when he was elected in November of 1896. When he took office on March 4, 1897, he had turned 54 since his birthday was in January.
He was not vice president that long. When William McKinley died Roosevelt took over being the president
William McKinley was President all of 1898 when the Spanish-American War took place.