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McKinley was born in

Niles, Ohio in 1843

He was the seventh child born to William and Nancy McKinley

He attended Alleghany College in

Pennsylvania but had to

drop out due to illness.

When the Civil War broke out, he enlisted as a private in the 23rd Ohio Volunteer

Infantry

McKinley was promoted to 1st Lieutenant in

February 1864 and for his services at

Winchester, he was promoted

Captain on July 25, 1864.

After the war,

McKinley became governor of Ohio in

1892.

He ran for President as a Republican in 1896 and was elected on March 4 1897.

He was the first president to run a "front porch" campaign-- a campaign limited in

travel.

1896 campaign speech from his front porch

http://archive.lib.msu.edu/VVL/vincent/presidents/mp3/mckinley.mp3

His first lady was Ida McKinley, his wife.

Mckinley was the 3rd president to be assassinated. As he was dying, he

asked his attendants to be careful how they told his wife.

Mr. President ReferencesKaydee Fry

William McKinley

http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/williammckinley http://www.spanamwar.com/McKinley.htm http://www.nndb.com/people/431/000026353/ http://www.infroplease.com/ipa/A0760609.html http://americanpresidents.org/presidents/president.asp?PresidentNumber=24