[[image:Leonczolgosz55.jpg|thumb|right| Leon Czolgosz]]
[[image:Leonczolgosz55.jpg|thumb|right| Leon Czolgosz]]
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'''Leon Czolgosz''' was the [[assasin]] of President [[William McKinley]]. He involved with various [[anarchy|anarchist]] groups, and he was influenced by known anarchists such as [[Emma Goldman]]. On September 6, 1901, he shot and killed the president in [[Buffalo]], [[New York]]. The assasination took place at the [[Pan-American Exposition]], a large exposition/fair. Czolgosz was [[Capital punishment|executed]] by the [[electric chair]] in New York's [[Sing Sing]] [[prison]] on October 29, 1901.
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'''Leon Czolgosz''' was the [[assassin]] of President [[William McKinley]]. He involved with various [[anarchy|anarchist]] groups, and he was influenced by known anarchists such as [[Emma Goldman]]. On September 6, 1901, he shot and killed the president in [[Buffalo]], [[New York]]. The assasination took place at the [[Pan-American Exposition]], a large exposition/fair. Czolgosz was [[Capital punishment|executed]] by the [[electric chair]] in New York's [[Sing Sing]] [[prison]] on October 29, 1901.
His crime is the subject of the song, "[[The Ballad of Czolgosz]]," in the [[Stephen Sondheim]] musical [[Assassins]].
His crime is the subject of the song, "[[The Ballad of Czolgosz]]," in the [[Stephen Sondheim]] musical [[Assassins]].