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Born in Niles, Ohio
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He went to public school from elementary to high school. The school was in Poland, Ohio.
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He went to Allegheny College to become a lawyer. He dropped out of college to fight in the Civil War.
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Before he was president he was a lawyer, a soldier, a representative from Ohio, and governor of Ohio.
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He dropped out of college to fight in the civil war. He started as a private and ended as a major. He fought multiple times after that until 1865
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He married Ida Saxton McKinley in Ohio.
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His first kid was Katie and she was born in Canton, Ohio.
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After him and his wife had Katie they Had Ida. She was born in Canton, Ohio.
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His youngest daughter Ida dies. She was only a couple months old.
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His oldest and last living daughter dies in Canton, Ohio.
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He was a representative from Ohio. He was there for several years.
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He was a governor of Ohio. He was governor for 4 years.
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he was elected and served for 4 years.
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His first Vice President was Garret A. Hobart. He was 1897 to his death in 1899
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The first law he passed was the Dingley Tariff Law. Which raises custom duties by an average of 57 percent.
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The Erdman Act of 1898 was a United States federal law pertaining to railroad labor disputes. The law provided for arbitration for disputes between the interstate railroads and their workers organized into unions.
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the explosion of the battleship Maine in Havana harbor on February 15, 1898.
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Battleship Maine was a United States Navy ship that sank in Havana Harbor in February 1898, contributing to the outbreak of the Spanish–American War in April.
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The second law passed was the Volunteer Army Act. Which authorizes the organization of the First Volunteer Cavalry.
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Spain declares war on the US. Two days later the US declares war on Spain.
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Volunteers of war. President McKinley calls for 125,000 volunteers to fight the war with Spain.
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they signed the peace protocol on August 12th, 1898 in Wahington.
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The Treaty of Paris of 1898 was a treaty signed by Spain and the United States on December 10, 1898, that ended the Spanish–American War.
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His second VP was Theodore Roosevelt. He served after Hobart died to Mckinley's death. Became President after McKinley.
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The Gold Standard Act of the United States was passed in 1900 and established gold as the only standard for redeeming paper .
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William McKinley was reelected. Theodore Roosevelt was his Vice President. He won with 292 votes against Willam Jennings Bryan.
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He was shot by Leon Czolgosz in Buffalo, New York and buried in Canton, Ohio.
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Leon Czolgosz dies from electric chair. He agreed to killing McKinley and showed no remorse for his actions.
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The mountain had been unofficially named Mount McKinley in 1896 by a gold prospector, and officially by the federal government of the United States in 1917 to commemorate William McKinley, who was President of the United States from 1897 until his assassination in 1901.
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After his death, he got his portrait on the $500 bill.
