Report by: Greg
5th Grade
Bennion Elementary
Taylorsville, Utah

Mrs. Hansen

On September 6th 1901 at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo New York, in the Temple of Music, at 4:00 p.m. twenty-eight year old Leon Czolgosz, shot the president two times. The first bullet fell out of the Presidents clothes because it had only bruised his ribs. The second bullet buried deep inside his body. William McKinley was born in Niles, Ohio on January 29, 1843 as the seventh out of nine children in the large McKinley family. At a very young age William was already doing large chores, like chopping wood, and driving the family cows to pasture. At ten William was studying and getting an education. The McKinleys thought that their kids should be highly educated. From 7 to 12, years old William loved attending the one room schoolhouse where he learned reading, writing, and arithmetic. In the fall of 1860 William was 17 and decided to go to Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania. But due to sickness and money troubles he was forced to drop out after a few months.
One of his jobs was being a teacher at Poland's Kerr district School with wages being only $25.00 a month. He was also a clerk at the Poland post office. In June 1861 William decided to go to Camp Chase near Columbus, Ohio to become part of the U.S army. In, January 1862 William went to Washington D.C to become part of the Union Army of the Potomac. In April 1862 He was promoted to Sergeant. In September 1862 He was promoted to second lieutenant as a result to his acts of bravery during the battle at Sharpsburg, Maryland. In March 1863 He was promoted to first lieutenant. On July 24, 1864 He saved a Union Regiment in the battle of Cloyd's Mountain near Kerns town, Virginia and was promoted to Captain. In March 1865 at wars end, President Lincoln promoted William to the bravest, and most honorary rank of Major., This 22-year-old Major considered making the army his career, although he wanted to be a lawyer.
William started his studies in the law office of Charles Glidden, in Youngstown, Ohio. He read lots of law books and worked as a clerk. In the fall of 1866 He entered Albany Law School in Albany, New York. In March 1867 He passed the Ohio Bar Exam. He opened a law office in Canton, Ohio and became a partner with Judge George W. Belden. In 1868 as a Republican, McKinley campaigned for Ulysses S. Grant for president and his old commander General Rutherford B. Hayes for Governor of Ohio. He gave stirring speeches in public meetings. Both men won their elections.
In 1869 He ran for prosecuting attorney of Stark County Ohio and won. On January 25, 1871, 27-year-old McKinley married 23-year-old Ida Saxton at, First Presbyterian Church. Their honeymoon was in New York. They settled in a house given to them by Mr. Saxton on North Market Street Canton, Ohio. He had a baby girl on Christmas day named Katherine. He had his second daughter in 1873 and named her Ida. Ida was very sick and died within a year. Four-year-old Katherine died from typhoid fever in 1876. After the death of both his children and a sick wife McKinley, threw himself into politics.
In Nov. 1876 William was 33 and won the district congressional seat. In 1878 he was re-elected to congress. In 1880 He was re-elected again to congress. In 1882 He was running for congress but lost to Jonathan Wallace. On May 27,1884 McKinley returned to Canton, Ohio. In 1884 he won his seat back in congress. He won his next' two elections in 1886 and 1888. In 1891 he ran for governor of Ohio - won by over 21,000 votes. On January 11, 1892 he took oath of office as governor at state capital in Columbus, Ohio. In 1893 he ran for governor and was re-elected by over 80,000 votes. In 1896 he won Republican Party nomination for president of the United States - V.P.- Garret A. Hobart of New Jersey. On November 5 he was elected President,

William McKinley 7,108,480 votes
William Jennings Bryan 6,511,495 votes

William McKinley became the 25th president of the United States.,

On September 6th 1901 at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo New York, in the Temple of Music, at 4:00 p.m. twenty-eight year old Leon Czolgosz shot the president two times. The first bullet fell out of the President's clothes because it had only bruised his ribs. The second bullet buried deep inside his body. An operation was unable to locate the bullet. Doctors closed the bullet holes in his stomach and cleaned up the wound as well as possible. The president was transferred to the home of John G. Milburn, director of the exposition. From September 7th to September 11th the president seemed to steadily improve. September 12th the president's temperature began to rise, overall condition seemed to worsen. Deadly gangrene had developed in his injury. Friday September 13th news bulletins "The President is sinking" flashed across the country. On September 13th the President fell into a coma.
In conclusion to this story President McKinley died and Theodore Roosevelt took oath of office as 26th president of the United States.