president # kaydee fry a-4. mckinley was born in niles, ohio in 1843
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He was the seventh child born to William and Nancy McKinleyTRANSCRIPT
President #
Kaydee FryA-4
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