Tuesday, October 19, 2010

William McKinley


He was born at 1843, 167 years ago.

He died 101 years ago at 1909.

He was the 25th President of the United States.

By the 1880s, McKinley was a national Republican leader.

McKinley also annexed the independent Republic of Hawaii and forced Hawaii to join the U.S.

The McKinley clan arrived in Pennsylvania in the 1740s as part of a large migration of Scotch Irish.

His grand parents are James S. and Mary Rose McKinley, whom both died in South Bend Indiana on 1847.

He was born at Niles, Ohio.

He was the 7th of 9 children.

When McKinley was ten years old, he moved to Poland, Ohio.

He graduated from Poland Seminary and attended Mount Union College.

He did not take a degree.

At the American civil war he was at the Union Army.

His c hild's name is Katherine, Ida.

With the help of Rutherford B. Hayes, McKinley was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives for Ohio.

He was at the time of Spanish and America's war.

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