McKinley, William (1843-1901)

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Birth Date

1843-01-29

Death Date

1901-09-14

Birthplace

Niles, OH

Biographical Text

William McKinley was the 25th President of the United States. He attended Allegheny College and was working as a teacher when the Civil War began, he became a brevet major of the Union Army. After the war, he studied law and opened a law office in Canton, Ohio. When McKinley was thirty-four he won a seat in Congress and was appointed to the Ways and Means Committee. In 1891 he was elected Governor of Ohio, and in 1897 he was elected President of the United States. McKinley was leading Republican tariff expert who raised protective tariffs to promote American industry. He led the U.S. to victory during the Spanish-American War, leading to the U.S. annexation of the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico.

McKinley married Ida Saxton in 1871. They had two children together. McKinley was assassinated in 1901.

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Hajo, Cathy Moran

Lichon, Sara Catherine

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1901

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“McKinley, William (1843-1901),” Jane Addams Digital Edition, accessed August 2, 2025, https://digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/1273.

McKinley, William (1843-1901)

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Clarence Seward Darrow to Jane Addams, September 11, 1901

The Chicago Settlements and Social Unrest, May 2, 1908

Thirty Reasons Why Our Navy Should Not Be Enlarged, January 15, 1909

Woman's Suffrage and the Preservation of the Home, May 1909

Why Women Should Vote, January 1910

Autobiographical Notes Upon Twenty Years at Hull-House: Echoes of the Russian Revolution, September 1910

Reform and Roosevelt, May 24, 1912

Indirect Influence, November 23, 1912

Committee on American and Japanese Relations Platform and Objects, ca. April 1921

Committee on American Japanese Relations Statement of Purpose, June 1921

Unity, October 4, 1923

Reminiscence about Theodore Roosevelt, May 18, 1925

Study of Public Record of Miss Jane Addams, May 17, 1927

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