William McKinley
24th President
(1897-1901)
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Birth:
January 29, 1843 at Niles, Ohio as William McKinley Jr.
Death:
September 14, 1901 at Buffalo, New York
The Life of President William McKinley
Birthplace and Gravesite
Photographs of McKinley Birthplace — Niles, Ohio
Photographs of McKinley Gravesite — Canton, Ohio
First Lady & Family
Ida McKinley Biography from the White House
Pictures of Ida McKinley from the Library of Congress
Genealogy
Ancestors of William McKinley
McKinley genealogy
The Scotch ancestors of William McKinley
Biographies
White House Biography
Biography from Biography.com
Congressional Biography
Biography from HarpWeek
Pictures & Portraits
Pictures from the Library of Congress
McKinley Photographs
William McKinley's Presidency
Cabinet & Staff
List by infoplease.com
Elihu Root - Secretary of War
Charles Dawes - Comptroller of the Currency
Mark Hanna - Campaign Manager
Speeches, Papers & Historical Documents
Inaugural Addresses, State of the Union speeches, and other documents from the University of Groningen
Speeches from Presidential Rhetoric
Text of First Inaugural Address from Bartelby.com
Text of Second Inaugural Address from Bartelby.com
William McKinley papers at the Library of Congress
William McKinley papers webcast
William McKinley resource guide
Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents - William McKinley, Messages, Proclamations, and Executive Orders - Relating to the Spanish-American War
Vice Presidents
Garret A. Hobart biography
Theodore Roosevelt
Events During McKinley's Administration & Lifetime
Outline of events during McKinley's administration
Civil War service
Gold Rush
Open Door Policy in China
Puerto Rico
Spanish-American War
Treaty of Paris
Annexation of Hawaii
Philippine-American War
Assassination
1897 Inauguration
1901 Inauguration
Election Results & Presidential Campaigns
Year
Opponent
Results
1896
William Jennings Bryan (Democrat)
McKinley 271, Bryan 176
1900
William Jennings Bryan (Democrat)
McKinley 292, Bryan 155
1896 Presidential Campaign: Cartoons and Commentary
McKinley Campaign Memorabilia
1900 Political Cartoon
1896 & 1900 Campaign & Election History
1896 Election Overview
1900 Election Overview
Further Information about William McKinley
National Historic Sites, State Historic Sites, Landmarks, Memorials & Places to Visit
McKinley Birthplace - Niles, Ohio
McKinley Memorial - Niles, Ohio
National McKinley Birthplace Memorial & Museum - Niles, Ohio
McKinley Memorial Library - Niles, Ohio
William McKinley gravesite (McKinley National Memorial) - Canton, Ohio
McKinley Assassination Site - Buffalo, New York
McKinley Monument - Buffalo, New York
William McKinley Presidential Library and Museum - Canton, Ohio
McKinley Statue - Columbus, Ohio
McKinley Monument - Wilmington, Delaware
McKinley Bust - Scranton, Pennsylvania
McKinley Statue in McKinley Park - Chicago, Illinois
McKinley Monument at Antietam Battlefield - Sharpsburg, Maryland
McKinley Statue - Honolulu, Hawaii
McKinley Statue - Rapid City, South Dakota
Miscellaneous
1897 Inauguration Film
Inaugural items
The Last Days of a President: Films of McKinley and the Pan-American Exposition by the Library of Congress
Mr. McKinley as President
McKinley and the Gold Standard
Assassin Leon Czolgosz
Documentary History of William McKinley's assassination
Historic Newspaper Articles about McKinley assassination
McKinley Military Service
McKinley Quotes
Books & Other Media
The Presidency of William McKinley
Major McKinley: William McKinley and the Civil War
William McKinley
Reticent Expansionism: The Foreign Policy of William McKinley
William McKinley and His America
The President and the Assassin: McKinley, Terror, and Empire at the Dawn of the American Century
In the Days of McKinley
William McKinley, Apostle of Protectionism
The Spanish-American War and President McKinley
Trivia
William McKinley facts
McKinley trivia