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'''William McKinley, Jr.''' <ref>http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch1.asp</ref> was the 25th [[President of the United States of America]], serving from 1897 until 1901 as a [[Republican]]. He was born in Niles, [[Ohio]]. Before the [[Civil War]], he briefly was a teacher in a country school. He ended up enlisting in the Union Army as a private. His political career did not start until age 34, when he won a seat in the [[House of Representatives]]. His power increased quickly, as he was appointed to the [[Ways and Means Committee]]. <ref>http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/wm25.html</ref>

'''William McKinley, Jr.''' <ref>http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch1.asp</ref> was the 25th [[President of the United States of America]], serving from 1897 until 1901 as a [[Republican]]. He was born in Niles, [[Ohio]]. Before the [[Civil War]], he briefly was a teacher in a country school. He ended up enlisting in the Union Army as a private. His political career did not start until age 34, when he won a seat in the [[House of Representatives]]. His power increased quickly, as he was appointed to the [[Ways and Means Committee]]. <ref>http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/wm25.html</ref>

He was referred to as the "advance agent of prosperity" due to the fact that he did not advocate the [[silver standard]], as did [[William Jennings Bryan]], against whom he ran in both the [[United States presidential election, 1896|1896 Presidential Election]] and [[United States presidential election, 1900|1900 Presidential Election]]. <ref>http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/wm25.html</ref> Foreign policy entered the national spolight during the McKinley Administration. His administration was notable for the [[Spanish-American War]] of 1898, which McKinley reluctantly entered after a large amount of public and media pressure. Also, McKinly signed a joint resolution of Congress annexing [[Hawaii]] on July 7, 1898. He was shot by an [[anarchist]], [[Leon Czolgosz]],  in [[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.

He was referred to as the "advance agent of prosperity" due to the fact that he did not advocate the [[silver standard]], as did [[William Jennings Bryan]], against whom he ran in both the [[United States presidential election, 1896|1896 Presidential Election]] and [[United States presidential election, 1900|1900 Presidential Election]]. <ref>http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/wm25.html</ref> Foreign policy entered the national spolight during the McKinley Administration. His administration was notable for the [[Spanish-American War]] of 1898, which McKinley reluctantly entered after a large amount of public and media pressure. McKinley signed a joint resolution of Congress annexing [[Hawaii]] on July 7, 1898. He was shot by an [[anarchist]], [[Leon Czolgosz]],  in [[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.

McKinley appeared on the now-withdrawn $500 bill.

McKinley appeared on the now-withdrawn $500 bill.

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