On March 4, 1897, William McKinley, Jr. (1843-1901) became the 25th President of the United States of America. Although the United States had avoided becoming embroiled in the Cuban situation ...
On September 6, 1899, President William McKinley was shot while on a speaking tour in Buffalo, New York. As McKinley stood in a receiving line at the Temple of Music, a Polish born anarchist named ...