President McKinley sent the U.S.S Maine to Cuba to evacuate Americans.
William McKinley was the 25th president of the United States. He was the last president that served the country during the Civil War. He also, lead the country during the Spanish- American War, where he claimed victory. McKinley's most important achievement was rapid growth of the economy during his presidency.
McKinley's 1896 campaign slogan was "Patriotism, Protection and Prosperity." His 1900 campaign slogan was "A Full Dinner Pail."
William McKinley's daughter Ida died at four months old of SIDS. His daughter Katherine died of typhoid fever at the age of four.
He wanted to protect American economic interests in the Caribbean.
McKinley faced off against William Jennings Bryan in both 1896 and again in 1900. McKinley won by a bigger margin the second time .
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William McKinley did have two children. He had a girl named Katherine and a girl named Ida. Ida died shortly after she was born in 1873 and his older daughter Katherine died in 1875 when she was just 4 years old.
Taft was Roosevelt's handpicked successor, and Roosevelt believed that Taft would maintain many of Roosevelt's reforms. He didn't, and when Roosevelt ran as a third-party presidential candidate, the rift became particularly deep.
He sent a ship called the U.S.S. Maine to protect America.The ship sank a few weeks later.
He did receive a college degree. He spent a year at Allegheny College in Meadville, PA but had drop out due to ill health and lack of money. He studied law and passed the bar exam without earning a law degree.
He enrolled in September 1860 and was forced to drop out in winter 1860-1861. (Source: Hamilton, Richard F, "President McKinley, war, and empire, Vol. 2," Transaction Publishers: New Jersey, 2006, p. 43 [Google Books])
He was elected president by the people all over the US. He spent most of campaign on his porch in Canton, Ohio so you could say that was where he was elected - at least that is where HE was when he was elected.
1896 U.S. Presidential Election Results:
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Yes, he was killed early in his second term. He was shot on September 6, 1901 and died on September 14.
The Republicans, basically anyone in the U.S. who didn't live in the south. Really, anyone with common sense would have voted McKinley because William Jennings Bryan was a nutjob.
William McKinley (born January 29, 1843 in Niles, Ohio; died September 14, 1901 in Buffalo, New York) became the 25th President of the United States between March 4, 1897 and his death - assassinated by Leon Czolgosz - the last veteran of the American Civil War to be voted into office.
William McKinley's father was William McKinley, Sr ( Nov. 15, 1807 -Nov. 24, 1892)
William McKinley was president for 4 years and about 6 1/3 months.
McKinley took office as the 25th President of the United States on March 4,1997 and died from an assassin's bullet on September 14, 1901.