William McKinley: Timeline

1843   Born

1896   William McKinley defeats William Jennings Bryan William Jennings Bryan

William Jennings Bryan was an American [i] lawyer, statesman, and politician. ... 

 in the U.S. presidential election.

1897   William McKinley succeeds Grover Cleveland Grover Cleveland

Stephen Grover Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th President of the United States [i], and the only Presi ... 

 as President of the United States President of the United States

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1900   United States President William McKinley places Alaska Alaska

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 under military rule.

1900   U.S. presidential election, 1900: Republican incumbent William McKinley is reelected by defeating Democrat challenger William Jennings Bryan William Jennings Bryan

William Jennings Bryan was an American [i] lawyer, statesman, and politician. ... 

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1901   American anarchist Leon Czolgosz Leon Czolgosz

Leon Frank Czolgosz was the assassin [i] of U.S. President [i] William McKinley [i] ... 

 shoots and fatally wounds US President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York Buffalo, New York

[i] [[New York|New York State]... 

. McKinley dies there eight days later.

1901   With the death of William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt

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 succeeds him as President of the United States President of the United States

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1901   Died

1901   Capital punishment Capital punishment

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: Leon Czolgosz Leon Czolgosz

Leon Frank Czolgosz was the assassin [i] of U.S. President [i] William McKinley [i] ... 

, the assassin of US President William McKinley, is executed by electrocution.