William McKinley died from an assassin's bullet on that date.
U.S. President William McKinley died on 14th September, 1901, after being shot by a deranged anarchist during the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.
Theodore Roosevelt served almost two full terms as US President (1901-1909). He became President due to the assassination of his President, William McKinley.
Theodore Roosevelt served from from Sept 14, 1901 until March 4, 1909. He became president when McKinley died and was elected to a full term in 1904.
actually he became president in 1901-1909 by the assaination of McKinley.
Theodore Roosevelt was the 26th US President, from 1901 to 1909. He succeeded to the Presidency on September 14 , 1901 when McKinley died (shot on Sept. 6). He served the remainder of that term, to March 4, 1905, and was reelected, serving until March 4, 1909. He ran for President again in 1912, but the Democratic candidate, Woodrow Wilson, prevailed over the divided Republicans.
William McKinley died on September 14, 1901, eight days after being shot by Leon Czolgosz.
Theodore Roosevelt served as US Vice-President from 4 March 1901 until 14 September 1901.
Assassination of William McKinley happened on 1901-09-06.
March 4, 1897 - September 14, 1901. He was assassinated on September 14, 1901.
He became VP on March 4, 1901 and served in that office until September 14, 1901 when McKinley died and he became the President. Do, he was Vp for just over 6 months.
He was elected in to the Vice Presidency with William McKinley in the 1900 election, and assumed the Presidency when McKinley was assassinated in 1901. TR was elected as President in the 1904 election, and although eligible, did not seek re-election in 1908. He later regretted this choice and ran unsuccessfully as a third party candidate in 1912.
Theodore Roosevelt became president after the assassination of President William McKinley. McKinley was shot by anarchist Leon Czolgosz in September 1901 and died from his wounds on September 14, 1901. At that time, Roosevelt was serving as vice president and assumed the presidency, becoming the youngest person to hold the office.