Research Paper On William Mckinley

Garfield had served in Congress for seventeen years, but had absolutely no interest in being president. When at the Republican National Convention, he was to give a speech to nominate a candidate for the Republican nominee in the presidential race. However, the people voted for him and to his dismay, Garfield became the nominee. As Garfield had no desire to be president, he did not campaign. He did give speeches to the people who showed up to his home, but that was it. Garfield won the election and was sworn in March 4, 1881.

Of course this would not have been at all possible if it were not for his campaign leader Mark Hanna. Through the leadership of Mark Hanna, McKinley was able to forge alliances with big businessmen, prosperous farmers and professions making his campaign budget out to be about 3.5 million dollars causing his campaign to be the most expensive of its time. With the discovery of the large amount of money spent on McKinley’s campaign several progressive politicians and muckraking journalists accused the wealthy donors of corrupting the electoral process and alleged that the donors were being fed special handouts and favors as a result of donating their money. However, these cries were ignored until the 1904 political elections that lead to the beginning of the organized progress for campaign finance reform. (Morgan, 2003)

He was rarely seen, while serving as congressman and governor, without his trademark carnation. McKinley served 7 terms in Congress from 1877-1891, except for a 9-months in 1884-1885. The House ruled that his opponent, lawyer Jonathan Wallace, had received the most votes in the 1882 election, so Wallace took McKinley’s seat for the rest of the term. McKinley easily got back to the office in the 1884 election. McKinley consistently won re-election even though the districts he represented were heavily Democratic. As a congressman, he focused his energies on the tariff problem and became known as a protectionist and as a persuasive speaker. He was usually associated with being on the side of big business, but he also worked hard for labor and later, as governor of Ohio, he encouraged employees to join labor unions and to criticize employers who refused workers the right to organized. Also as congressman he supported gold over silver as the backbone of America’s money system. In 1889, Thomas Reed of Maine defeated him in the position of Speaker of the House. McKinley lost his next bid for Congress and returned to Canton in 1891. As governor, a position he held for two terms from 1891-1895, he proposed laws to protect railroad workers and address the issue of child labor, and a state board of arbitration was established to deal with labor and business problems. During this time as governor he became friends with millionaire industrialist Mark Hanna

Both John F. Kennedy and the William Mckinley were United State presidents the were assassinated. Both of these assassinations took place on a trip that the secretary of state had advised against. Through both of these assassinations both the Security and safety of the presidents we have to today would change. Also through these events many would began to believe that it was their own government that killed them.

Rutherford B Hayes resigned to campaign all across Ohio to run for governor. The biggest topic of the election was whether African-Americans would get voting rights. The election was won by Hayes in 1867, but he had some struggles. He was a Republican under a Democratic legislator and had no veto power. However, he helped create a deaf-mute school and a school for girls. In his second term, he won voting rights for black males, and helped what would become Ohio State University be founded. He also brought the idea of lower taxes and a better life for prisoners. He left office in 1872 and came back in 1876 and served a year long term.

William McKinley was born on January 29, 1843, in Niles, Ohio. At age ten, he moved with his family to Poland, Ohio. William Jr. was the seventh of eight children. His father owned a small iron foundry which gave young William a strong work ethic and a respectful attitude. William’s mother, Nancy, taught him the value of prayer, courtesy, and honesty in all relations. Education in William’s early years consisted of attending a school run by the Methodist seminary in his hometown of Poland, Ohio. After graduation he attended Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania for only one term due to illness after his fight with depression and financial difficulties in the family. Financial troubles within the family made it impossible for William to go back to school, forcing him to take a job as a postal clerk and later a teaching position at a school near his home in Poland, Ohio.

On September 6,1901 President William Mckinley was assassinated at the Pan-American Exhibition in Buffalo, New York. He was shaking hands when a 28 year old anarchist named Czolgosz approached him and shot him twice in the chest. Czolgosz was about to fire a third time when finally William’s bodyguards. William was killed because he was the head of what Czolgosz thought was the corrupt government. As the days went by the president's wounds were getting worse and worse. On September 14, Mckinley died. This meant that Vice President Theodore Roosevelt immediately became president. On September 16, Mckinley had his funeral and was transported by train to his hometown of Canton,

Lord Salisbury and William McKinley operated quite differently in social environments. McKinley was very much a people person. He came from a large close knit family and enjoyed meeting people. McKinley was warm and concerned with his constituent’s perception of him. McKinley’s social aptitude affected his political endeavors as well as his social interactions and some historians interpret his political behavior as indecisive and irresolute. Lord Salisbury on the other end of the spectrum had a miserable lonely childhood with few friends likely instrumental in shaping his general outlook on life. He was reportedly likeable yet competitive. He remained reserved yet somewhat cynical. Salisbury was thought quite fearful of change and loss of control in his political interactions.

As the 1908 presidential election was approaching, Roosevelt was technically able to run for a third term because his first term was a result of the assassination of William McKinley and the twenty-second amendment had not been passed, limiting presidents to only two terms. Even though he could serve another term, he did not think he should because no one else before him had served more than two. Although Roosevelt did not want to run for a third term he knew that if he didn't the Republican party would split between his supporters and the supporters of another candidate which would allow a non-republican to win the election. Roosevelt made it where Taft would be the Republican candidate and he won the 1908 election. When the 1912 election

Cleveland was an assistant district attorney for a short time during the Civil War and he also served a three-year term as a sheriff in the 1870s. For a while the city gov. of Buffalo had been very badly managed and it made no difference whether it was run by a Democrat or a Republican. In 1881 a group of Buffalo residents, trying to find a candidate for mayor who was honest and hardworking, hit up Cleveland. At the time the administration was mainly Republican. Cleveland was a Democrat, though not very connected with the Democratic organization. He was not all so eager to be in office but he thought it was his “civic duty” and was later elected as mayor of Buffalo. In November 1882, Cleveland won the election to become governor of New York by just about 200,000 votes, which would be considered a landslide back

Unfortunately, the previous President William McKinley was injured on September 6, 1901 at Buffalo, New York, which terminated his life.

He settled in Canton, Ohio to practice law. After taking on a case for a fellow lawyer, he won the case, and in turn impressed the other lawyer who made him a partner. McKinley started to see military leaders such as Rutherford B. Hayes run for governor and Ulysses S. Grant run for the presidency. He made speeches in support of them both, helping them to be elected. He was seen as a good campaigner and loyal republican. His first run for office was in 1869. The district was largely democratic, and McKinley won it, becoming the prosecuting attorney. This was the beginning of his political

The election of 1896 was the 28th presidential election of the United States. The election was between the two candidates William Mckinley and Williams Jennings Bryan. This election was famous for ending what was known as the third party election and starting the fourth party elections. Other people that were competing in the election was Thomas Brackett Reed (Speaker of the House from Maine) , Matthew S. Quay (Senator from Pennsylvania), William B. Allison (Senator from Iowa), and Levi B. Morton (Governor of Iowa). Mckinley had a campaign manager named Mark Hanna that was a wealthy and talented businessman. Mark Hanna has the hardest time earning money for the campaign because of Mckinley's plan for the Gold Standard.

On September 6, 1901, President William McKinley was assassinated. In 1900, William McKinley faced William Jennings Bryan for the second time; who had an anti-imperialism image. McKinley was reelected with a bigger margin than 4 years earlier (the four years earlier; he had a margin of 600,000). The outcome reflected the Americans’ expectations with the outcome of Spanish-American War and the country's economic success. After the second inauguration (formal admission of someone to office. On March 1901, William went on a tour of the western, in which he was greeted by cheering crowds. The tour ended in Buffalo, New York, where he gave a speech on September 5 in front of 50,000 people at the Pan-American Exposition. The trailing day, William

George A. Custer he had two younger brothers, Thomas Custer and Boston Custer, both of whom died with him on the battlefield at Little Bighorn. George A. Custer he also had three older half-siblings. When George Custer dead the enemy didn’t suspect that they were fighting Custer they didn’t recognize hem. Any body knew that Custer was in the fight. George A. Custer was the last stand in the Battle of the Little Bighorn in June 1876.