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On January 29th, 1843 the 25th president William McKinley was born. His parents are William McKinley sr and Nancy Campbell Allison McKinley. -
he went to college at Allegheny College for one year. He also fought in the civil war.
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He joined the army in June 1861 as a private -
After the war ended in 1865, McKinley decided on a career in the law and began studying in the office of an attorney in Poland, Ohio. The following year, he continued his studies by attending Albany Law School in New York state. -
studying law in Albany, New York. McKinley first entered public service in 1869, serving as the prosecuting attorney of Stark County, a position he held two years. -
He married Ida Saxton, aged 23, on January 25, 1871, at the First Presbyterian Church in Canton, then still under construction. -
she was born on December 25, 1871 in canton ohio -
He was a republican -
born on April 1, 1873 in Canton Ohio
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He was governor of canton ohio on In office January 11, 1892 – January 13, 1896 -
He was president March 4, 1897 -
William McKinley inaugurated
William McKinley is inaugurated as the twenty-fifth President of the United States. McKinley asserts: “The country is suffering from industrial disturbances from which speedy relief must be had. Our financial system needs some revision; our money is all good now, but its value must not further be threatened.” -
Special session called
President McKinley calls Congress into a special session for the purpose of revising the tariff law -
First Boston Marathon
John J. McDermott wins the first Boston Marathon. The 26.2 miles from Hopkinton to Copley Square will become one of the world's most prestigious marathons. -
Congress appropriates $50,000 for the relief of Americans in Cuba. -
The first shipment of gold discovered in Alaska, totaling $750,000, arrives in San Francisco. -
President McKinley signs the Dingley Tariff Law, which raises custom duties by an average of 57 percent. Although American industries no longer needed such heavy protection against foreign goods, the tariff was raised nonetheless; imported woolen products, for example, faced a 91 percent rate. Republicans associate the high tariff with national prosperity while Democrats and progressives will blame the tariff for causing subsequent price increases.
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Coal mine strikes turn violent
More than twenty workers are killed in Lattimer, Pennsylvania, after deputy sheriffs open fire on striking coal miners. In sympathy, coal miners in the Ohio, West Virginia, and the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania walk off their jobs. The strike is settled soon thereafter, with Pennsylvania workers being awarded an eight-hour day. -
First annual message to Congress
“Questions of foreign policy, of revenue, the soundness of the currency, the inviolability of national obligations, the improvement of the public service, appeal to the individual conscience of every earnest citizen to whatever party he belongs or in whatever section of the country he may reside.” -
The battleship Maine explodes and sinks in Havana harbor, killing 266 Americans. Subsequent press coverage of the event points to Spanish sabotage as the cause of the disaster, despite dubious evidence. The sinking of the Maine fans popular opinion, already sympathetic to the cause of Cuban independence, in support of American intervention. -
At President McKinley's behest, Congress votes a $50 million appropriation for national defense. -
April 21, 1898 – December 10, 1898 was the span of the american-spanish war -
June 21, 1898
Guam surrenders
Guam, whose Spanish commander was oblivious to the outbreak of the war, surrenders to advancing western Pacific fleets. The ignorance of the Spanish garrison becomes apparent to the captain of the U.S.S. Charleston when, following his bombardment of Guam, the Spanish apologize for not having returned the salute. -
The U.S.A captured Emilio Aguinaldo, the leader of the independence movement in the Philippine Islands. Once in U.S. custody, Aguinaldo signed an oath of allegiance to the United States, which ended any lingering hope of the rebellion's success. President William McKinley tried to convince the Filipinos that U.S. rule would benefit the country, but the United States continued fighting rebel troops across the islands for another year until American forces secured full control of the country. -
George H. White leaves Congress
North Carolina's George H. White leaves Congress, the last black member to serve for more than twenty-five years. -
British reject Hay-Paucefote treaty
The British government informs the United States that it will not accept the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty as amended by the Senate. -
The rebellion in the Philippines ends by proclamation. Sporadic fighting continues for another year before American military forces fully secure the islands. -
Tariff reciprocity
Speaking in Buffalo, New York, President McKinley endorses the concept of tariff reciprocity. McKinley also notes, in what would be his last speech, “The period of exclusiveness is past. The expansion of our trade and commerce is the pressing problem.” -
September 6, 1901
McKinley shot in the chest twice by leon Czolgosz a 28 year old who was executed on october 18 1901 -
September 14, 1901
McKinley dies
President McKinley dies from his wounds as the result of complications due to gangrene, and Vice President Theodore Roosevelt takes the oath of office to become the twenty-sixth President of the United States.
