William mckinley

The life of William McKinley the 25th President of the United States

By khorton

  • William McKinley was born

    William McKinley was born
    William McKinley was born in Niles, Ohio.
    His Father is William McKinley
    His mother is Nancy Campbell Allison McKinly
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    President McKinley

    For a long time, William McKinley was considered a mediocre President, a chief executive who was controlled by his political cronies and who was pressured into war with Spain by the press. Recent historians have been kinder to McKinley, seeing him instead as a decisive President who put America on the road to world power.

  • He became a Methodist

    He became a Methodist
    Methodist was his religion

  • Education: Allegheny College

    Education: Allegheny College
    H e attended Allagheny college in 1860

  • He was a Lawyer

    He was a Lawyer
    Before he was president he was a Lawyer

  • Married: Ida Saxton

    Married: Ida Saxton
    Children:
    Katherine McKinley (1871-1875)
    Ida McKinley (1873-UnKnown)

  • Effect on the U.S.

    Effect on the U.S.
    Avoided war for many years and didn't like him that much

  • He was Elected and was president for 4 years

    He was Elected and was president for 4 years
    He was in the Republican political party

  • Public Opinion

    Public Opinion
    For the first sixty years of the twentieth century, historians believed that McKinley had been a weak President pressured into the war with Spain by popular passions and a nationalistic press.

  • failed to end spanish war

    failed to end spanish war
    Spain spent a letter expressing a willingness to negotiate with the United States rather than fight against the United States to avoid war. President McKinley kept the letter to himself and it remained a secret.

  • Death

    Death
    He Died Sep. 14,1901 in Buffalo, New York

  • McKinley Quotes (part 1)

    1. "We need Hawaii just as much and a good deal more than we need California. It is Manifest Destiny. It's just as it should be."

  • McKinley Quotes (part 2)

    1. "War should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed."

  • McKinley Quotes (Part 3)

    1. "Our differences are policies, our agreements principles."

  • McKinley Quotes (Part 4)

    1. "Illiteracy must be banished from the land if we shall attain that high destiny as the foremost of the enlightened nations of the world which, under Providence, we ought to achieve.

  • William McKinley was assisinated

    William McKinley was assisinated
    William McKinley, was shot and fatally wounded on September 6, 1901, inside the Temple of Music on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. McKinley was shaking hands with the public when he was shot by Leon Czolgosz, an anarchist.

  • McKinley Quotes (part 5)

    1. "Unlike any other nation, here the people rule, and their will is the supreme law."