The History of Stark County

William McKinley was born in 1843 in Niles, Ohio.  After teaching school for a while, he served in the Civil War.  After his war duties, he became a lawyer in Canton, OH and was married.  In 1876 he was elected to Congress and served there until 1891.  McKinley became governor of Ohio in 1892 and President of the United States in 1896.  He was shot in 1901 by Leon F. Czolgosz, who believed he was "an enemy of good working people," and died eight days after the shooting.

Major events of his political career include passage of the McKinley Tariff of 1890 which protected business in the United States.  McKinley led the county into the Spanish-American War which ended with our possession of the Philippines and the Caribbean Sea under American control.

• American Presidency.org  William McKinley  http://www.americanpresident.org/history/williammckinley/
• Encyclopedia  Britannica Online--William McKinley  http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?eu=51007
• Info Please--William McKinley  http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0760609.html
• Leon Czolgosz  http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Quad/1430/Czolgosz.html
• McKinley Memorial Library  http://www.mckinley.lib.oh.us/
• McKinley Museum  http://www.mckinley.lib.oh.us/museum/default.htm
• Protective Tarriffs  http://projects.vassar.edu/1896/tariff.html
• Wikipedia--William McKinley  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_McKinley
• William McKinley (1843-1901)  http://www.spanamwar.com/McKinley.htm
• William McKinley (First and second inaugural addresses) http://odur.let.rug.nl/%7Eusa/P/wm25/
• William McKinley--Fast Facts  http://www.ohiobio.org/mckinley.htm