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Kaydee Fry A-4. President #. 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.
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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.
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
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 FryWilliam 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