He was assinated
Before McKinley was Grover Cleveland, in his second term.
Lincoln, McKinley (assassinated), and Nixon (resignation)
William McKinley had two vice presidents because he served two terms in office. His first vice president was Garret A. Hobart, who died in 1899 during McKinley's first term. After Hobart's death, Theodore Roosevelt became McKinley's second vice president when he was elected for the second term in 1900. McKinley was assassinated in 1901, shortly after beginning his second term, leading to Roosevelt's ascension to the presidency.
After his first term, Benjamin Harrison; After his second, William McKinley
McKinley served a full term, 4 years, and was assassinated 5 months and 30 days into his second term, serving a total of 1654 days.
Garret Hobart for most of McKinley's first term (Hobart died of heart disease in 1899), and Theodore Roosevelt for the second term.
He was president for a full term (four years) then was shot soon after he was elected into his second term.
It has happened twice: Lincoln 1865, McKinley 1901.
William Henry Harrison (died of pneumonia and pleurisy)Zachary Taylor (died of acute gastroenteritis)Abraham Lincoln (assassinated by John Wilkes Booth in his second term)James A. Garfield (assassinated by Charles Julius Guiteau)William McKinley (assassinated by Leon Frank Czolgosz in his second term)Warren G. Harding (died of a heart attack)Franklin Delano Roosevelt (died of a cerebral hemorrhage in his fourth term)John F. Kennedy (assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald)Richard M. Nixon (resigned)
Yes, in 1900, but was assassinated early into his second term.
McKinley was first elected in 1896 and elected to a second term in 1900.
Benjamin Harrison after Cleveland's first term, and William McKinley after the second.