The 25th President of the United States of America is William McKinley. He was also the leader of the Republican Party of the United States. William McKinley had to face defeat because of his McKinley tariff Act of 1890.
Again, in the year 1891, 1893 McKinley was reelected as the governor of Ohio. Mark Hanna was the campaign manager of McKinley, Williams. McKinley was the seventh child of his parents. On 29th January, 1843, William McKinley was born at Niles, Ohio. McKinley, as a President of America, introduced modern methods for campaigning. He reorganized the staff system of the White House. McKinley always advocated high tariffs on the goods that were imported. He believed that high tariffs will benefit the Americans.
William McKinley got his education from Allegheny College and Poland Seminary in Ohio. At Canton, Williams became a lawyer after completing his service in Union Army. His political career began in 1876 when he entered US Congress elected as a Republican. His policy on tariffs pleased the industrialists of Ohio. William McKinley was also referred to as the veteran of Civil War.
He married Ida Saxton in 1871. After one year the couple had a daughter named Katherine. In the year 1897 he nominated Sherman, a Senator, as the State Secretary or Secretary of the State. Theodore Roosevelt succeeded McKinley, Williams after his assassination. After completing six months into his second term of office McKinley William was assassinated.
During his tenure as a President of America he worked as a representative of the industrial class. In his Tenure one of the grave issue that he had to face was Spain War.
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| Full Name: | William McKinley Jr. |
| Date of Birth: | January 29, 1843, Niles, Ohio |
| Died on: | September 14, 1901, Buffalo, New York |
| Burial site: | McKinely National Memorial, Westlawn Cemetery, Canton, Ohio |
| Parents: | William and Nancy Campbell Allison McKinely |
| Spouse: | Ida Saxton (1847-1907; m. 1871) |
| Children: | Katherine (1871-1876); Ida (1873-1873) |
| Religion: | Methodist |
| Education: | Attended Allegheny College |
| Profession(s): | Soldier; lawyer |
| Government ranks: | U.S. Representative from Ohio; Ohio governor |
| Political party: | Republican |
| President Term: | March 4, 1897-March 4, 1901 (first term); March 4, 1901-September 14, 1901 (second term) |
| Age when assumed office: | 54 |
Outcome of the Elections |
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| 1896 | Presidential / Vice Presidential Candidates | Popular votes | Electoral votes |
| William McKinley / Garret A. Hobart (Republican) | 7104779 | 271 | |
| William Jennings Bryan / Arthur Sewall (Democrat) | 6509052 | 176 | |
| 1900 | Presidential / Vice Presidential Candidates | Popular votes | Electoral votes |
| William Mckinley / Theodore Roosevelt (Republican) | 7207923 | 292 | |
| William Jennings Bryan / Adlai E. Stevenson (Democratic) | 6358138 | 155 | |
Presidential Term and its details |
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| Dates: | March 4, 1897-March 4, 1901 (first term); March 4, 1901-September 14, 1901 (second term) |
| Vice President: | Garret A. Hobart (1897-99) |
| None (1899-1901) | |
| Theodore Roosevelt (1901) | |
Snapshot of William McKinley’s life |
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| 1843 | Born in Ohio |
| 1861 | Civil War begins with firing on Fort Sumter; McKinely enlists in the Twenty-third Ohio Voluntary Regiment under the command of future president Rutherford B. Hayes |
| 1865 | Civil War ends; McKinley leaves the military, having been honored several times for bravery and having reached the rank of brevet major |
| 1877-84, 1885-91 | Serves in the U.S. House of Representatives |
| 1890 | Writes the McKinely Tariff Act; loses election and his seat in the U.S. House of Representatives |
| 1893-97 | Serves as Ohio governor |
| 1897-1901 | Serves as twenty-fifth U.S. President; seeks to revive a stagnant economy |
| 1898 | Economy booming; battleship Maine explodes in Havana Harbor, killing 266 Americans; McKinley asks for and receives from Congress a Declaration of War on Spain; Spanish-American War lasts four months, with the United States winning and gaining control of C |
| 1900 | McKinley’s Open Door Policy to China is threatened by the Boxers, a revolutionary group who want to drive all foreigners out of China; U.S. Marines join forces with other Western nations to end the Boxer Rebellion; McKinley is reelected |
| 1901 | McKinley’s undertakes an ill-fated cross-country tour following his second inauguration; first lady becomes ill while in California, and McKinley is assassinated in Buffalo, New York |