President William McKinley

President James A. Garfield was and still is one of the most respected presidents to serve in the White House. Millard 's book is split into parts, each part a significant chunk from Garfield 's life. Millard wrote of Garfield becoming president in the first two parts, then focuses more on his death in parts three and four of her book, and I found what she wrote to be fascinating. The book switched between telling the main events mainly from three people perspectives, which were Alexander G. Bell, Garfield, and Charles Guiteau. I liked that Millard incorporated the perspectives from the men and women that were instrumental in the downfall of Garfield. Her book is inspiring and very well written.

William Howard Taft was Americas 27th president. William was born on September 15, 1857. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio into the Taft family. Taft’s dad, Alphonso Taft was a lawyer and public official; he was Presidents Grant’s secretary of war. Taft’s father was a lawyer. William’s mother Louise Maria Taft was Alphonso’s second wife. William had two half brothers, two brothers and one sister. His ancestry consists of English, Scotch-Irish. William attended a public school in Cincinnati. He went to Woodward High School and then Yale University in 1874. He was quite a smart boy; he graduated second in his whole class of Yale University. Williams’s father also attended Yale and graduated in 1833 to later become a tutor at Yale. Taft, after

William McKinley was born on January 29, 1843, his parents are William McKinley Sr. and Nancy Allison McKinley (“William” bio 1). He was born in Niles, Ohio and attended Allegheny College to be posted as a country school teacher. He then enlisted in the Union Army during the Civil War in 1861 and earned the rank of Brevet Major of Volunteers (1). After the Civil War he returned home, started studying law, and eventually moved to Canton, Ohio to open his own law firm (1). Very soon after he moved to Canton, he married Ida Saxton, the daughter of a local banker (1). McKinley then entered Ohio politics in 1869 where he quickly rose through the ranks as a Republican ultimately becoming the twenty-fifth president of the United States (1).

The book Murdering McKinley: The Making of Theodore Roosevelt’s America by Eric Rauchway provides a well constructed and heavily detailed analysis of the details and motives behind the assassination of William McKinley, as well as the lasting affects that it imposed on America. The book first presents the reader with an exact description of how McKinley’s assassination occurred, however, this only scratches the surface of what truly transpired. The main factors that are presented in the book include how the assassination affected America and its society, Roosevelt’s response to the assassination and his succession to the presidency, the reasons for committing the murder, and the evidence that supports the cases of the assassin and the

Grover Cleveland was marked off as a great President. Even though he won the democratic party then presidential elections, the final thoughts were very mixed. Cleveland did Tame the south by telling them they had a friend in the whitehouse. Cleveland did help to create Solid South for the Democrats by encouraging former Confederates to believe they had a new strong political figure who played for them; his return of captured Confederate battle flags and his decision to go fishing on Memorial Day—a Civil War holiday—aided in this regard. He also strengthened the party outside the South by linking it to civil service reform. On the other hand, his stubborn opposition toward the Silverites and agrarian populists nearly brung the Democrats to split and them being split up led to their defeat in

William McKinley was born on January 29, 1843 in Niles, Ohio, a town of about 300 people. He was the 7th child born to William and Nancy Alison McKinley His family moved to Poland, Ohio when he was nine years old so that the children could go to a private school called the Poland Academy. In school William liked to read, debate, and he was the president of the school’s first debate club. When he was 16 he went to Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania, for a while before he got sick and had to return home .he did not go back to Meadville, because the family had no money. Instead, he worked as a postal clerk for awhile.

As far as politics go, when President McKinley was assassinated in 1901, his vice president, Theodore Roosevelt took over, who proved to be the first president of this life changing era. As soon as he took office, Roosevelt implemented his “Square Deal”, which addressed his three primary concerns: control of corporations, consumer protection, and conservation. Controlling the corporations was a big part

The day is December 20, 1998; President Bill Clinton has just been assassinated in the White House Rose Garden by an unknown assailant. Further details at this point have not been revealed yet. This is a day of true tragedy for the whole of the United States of America. Those would be the words spoken shortly after the single shot rang from the barrel of the rifle into Clinton’s heart. This is the story of how four people put the U.S. in utter turmoil.

Roosevelt, taking office in 1901 after the assassination of President McKinley, inherited a unique situation-America was, for the first time,

My president’s name is Theodore Roosevelt. His nickname is Teddy. Did you know the Teddy Bear was named after him? President Roosevelt was in office from September 14, 1901 until March 4, 1909. He was the 26th president of the United States. President Roosevelt was in the Republican Progressive Party.

When thinking about the numerous, dynamic leaders that America has had over the course of the nation’s history, it can become troublesome to fairly compare these respective heads of state. Though each American president has unquestionably left their own unique legacy from their time in office, when comparing leaders from similar times, certain consistencies can present themselves. While the Presidency is of course beholden to constructs of political normativity subjective to the era they presided in, by choosing two POTUS’ from the same era, we can more adequately synthesize comparable actions and philosophies between the two. To this end, we will analyze the terms of Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft, cutting through narratives of their tenures to truly delineate their comparability. Through a comprehensive analysis of these two leaders on the subjects of foreign policy, we begin to parse out many similarities and differences between these two early 20th century leaders.

William McKinley is a President who has undergone revision by historians in recent years. For many years, William McKinley was viewed as a weak president pressured into the war with Spain by the people and the Press. During his four short years as president he did so much to help the country. William McKinley’s most significant acts as President was fighting the Spanish-American war and passing the Dingley tariff.

One of the Presidents mentioned in chapter twenty was President Grover Cleveland, which he was President for two terms. Grover Cleveland was born in New Jersey in 1837 and his first name was actually Stephen. It is said that Grover worked with his older brother at the New York Institute for Special Education. Grover Cleveland later took a position as district attorney, then a sheriff, the mayor of Buffalo, New York, and Governor of New York. Cleveland became president in 1885. He came into the White House as a bachelor, but eventually married a woman 27 years younger than him. According to the book Cleveland vetoed more than two-thirds of the bills presented to him, which was more than all of his predecessors combined. It is said that Cleveland

On August 19, 1946 William Jefferson Blythe III, was born in a small town of Hope, Arkansas. Due to the fact that his father was killed prior to his birth and his mother left after his birth to purse her nursing degree, William was raised back his grandparents. During his upbringing in Hope he learned morals and values from his grandparents that would strong influence his acts as President. His grandparents being small business owners also influenced Williams’ thoughts on small business owners and their key roles in everyday society and economic values. Also Clintons’ grandparents all races of all types to shop at their store and receive equal treatment which also taught William the importance of equality. After many years of schooling and becoming attached to politics President Clinton eventually ran for attorney general and won, later running for governor of Arkansas which excelling and becoming one of the youngest former governors in Arkansas

“It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.” ("TheodoreRoosevelt."BrainyQuote.com. Xplore Inc, 2014. 17 November2014.http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/theodorero103482.html ) The reason why this quote relates to what he did is he did not stop and quit , although the catastrophes . He still managed to keep going and it is saying that its easier to at least try in success .Although life was tuff he went very far in the political life and down in history. So the point is to never give up no matter what. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. was an important figure in American history because he was the youngest President in the history of the U.S. , he was a strong leader in the congress. He also won a Nobel Peace Prize for drafting an agreement in the Russo-Japanese War.