| | Six months after his second inauguration he visited the Pan-American Exposition at [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]], N.Y. There, on Sept. 5, 1901, he first questioned his high-tariff doctrines by advocating a world reduction in customs rates by means of reciprocal treaties. He was not to live, however, to see his proposal adopted. | | Six months after his second inauguration he visited the Pan-American Exposition at [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]], N.Y. There, on Sept. 5, 1901, he first questioned his high-tariff doctrines by advocating a world reduction in customs rates by means of reciprocal treaties. He was not to live, however, to see his proposal adopted. |
| − | He was shot by an [[anarchist]], [[Leon Czolgosz]], in [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]], New York on September 6, 1901. McKinley had received a number of death threats, and despite the objections of his advisors, insisted on meeting the public on this trip to Buffalo.<ref>Larry Schweikart and Michael Allen, "A Patriot's History of the United States" (Sentinel 2007)</ref> He died eight days later, and his Vice President, [[Theodore Roosevelt]], became President. The nation mourned McKinley and Roosevelt promised to continue his highly popular policies. | + | He was shot by an [[anarchist]], [[Leon Frank Czolgosz]], in [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]], New York on September 6, 1901. McKinley had received a number of death threats, and despite the objections of his advisors, insisted on meeting the public on this trip to Buffalo.<ref>Larry Schweikart and Michael Allen, "A Patriot's History of the United States" (Sentinel 2007)</ref> He died eight days later, and his Vice President, [[Theodore Roosevelt]], became President. The nation mourned McKinley and Roosevelt promised to continue his highly popular policies. |