WILLIAM MCKINLEY 1843 1901 TWENTY FIFTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES MCKINLEY WILLIAM 1843 1901 U.S GOV'T EXECUTIVE POLITICAL PARTIES U.S GOVERNMENT AND CONSTITUTION ELECTIONS AND POLITICS WILLIAM MCKINLEY WAS BORN IN NILES OHIO AND RECEIVED LITTLE FORMAL EDUCATION HE FOUGHT DURING THE CIVIL WAR AS A UNION VOLUNTEER AFTER THE WAR HE STUDIED LAW AND BECAME A LAWYER IN 1867 MCKINLEY SERVED IN THE U.S HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM 1877 TO 1883 AND FROM 1885 TO 1891 AS CHAIRMAN OF THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR PASSAGE OF THE MCKINLEY TARIFF OF 1890 AFTER LEAVING CONGRESS HE SERVED AS GOVERNOR OF OHIO FROM 1892 TO 1896 HE WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IN 1896 AND SERVED FOR TWO TERMS DURING HIS PRESIDENCY THE UNITED STATES WON THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR AND ACQUIRED CUBA PUERTO RICO THE PHILIPPINES AND GUAM IN 1901 MCKINLEY WAS ASSASSINATED BY ANARCHIST LEON CZOLGOSZ IN BUFFALO NEW YORK MCKINLEY WAS THE THIRD U.S PRESIDENT TO BE ASSASSINATED WHILE IN OFFICE
