William McKinley
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William McKinley Jr., (1843–1941) was the 25th president of the United States, serving from March 4, 1897 to his assassination six months into his second term.
McKinley led the country to victory in the Spanish-American War, raised tariffs to boost American industry, and held the country on the gold standard in the fight against free silver (effectively, expansionary monetary policy). McKinley was the last president to have served in the American Civil War, and he was the only one to have begun the war as an enlisted soldier, starting as a private in the Union Army and ending as a brevet major.
He died in Canton, Ohio, where he practiced law and married Ida Saxton.
He was elected to Congress in 1876, where he became the Republican Party's expert on the protective tariff, which he said would bring prosperity.
His 1890 McKinley Tariff was highly divisive, and he was defeated in the Democratic landslide of 1890.
He was elected governor of Ohio in 1891 and 1893, steering a moderate balance between capital and labor interests.
Early life and family
William McKinley Jr. was born in Niles, Ohio, in the seventh of nine children of William McKinley Sr. and Nancy (née Allison) McKinley. The McKinleys, who were of English and Scotish origins, had settled in western Pennsylvania in the 18th century. David McKinley, a migrant ancestor who was born in Dervock, County Antrim, is the ancestor of modern Northern Ireland. William McKinley Sr. was born in Pennsylvania, in Pine Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania.
When the senior McKinley was a boy, the family moved to Ohio, now Lisbon. Nancy Allison and Bill Murray married there later that year. The Allison family was mainly of English descent and was one of Pennsylvania's earliest settlers. Both families' trades was bitter-making. McKinley senior operated foundries in Ohio, New Lisbon, Niles, Poland, and then Canton. The McKinley family was, like many from Ohio's Western Reserve, steeped in Whiggish and abolitionist sentiment, the former based on the family's tenacious Methodist faith.
The younger William continued in the Methodist tradition, serving in the local Methodist church at the age of 16. He was a lifelong pious Methodist.
The family moved from Niles to Poland, Ohio, in 1852, so that their children could attend the city's better schools. McKinley enrolled at Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania, the following year after graduating from Poland Seminary in 1859. He was an honorary member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. He stayed at Allegheny for a year, but he returned home in 1860 after being sick and depressed. As a board member at Mount Union College in Alliance, Ohio, he also attended Mount Union College in Alliance, Ohio. Despite his health, family finances decreased, and McKinley was unable to return to Allegheny. He began teaching at a school near Poland, Ohio, and later became a postal clerk.
Legal career and marriage
McKinley, who died in 1865, embarked on a career in law and started studying in the office of an attorney in Poland, Ohio. He continued his studies by attending Albany Law School in New York state the following year. McKinley returned home and was admitted to the bar in Warren, Ohio, in March 1867 after being at the school for less than a year.
He moved to Canton, the county seat of Stark County, and opened a small office that same year. He soon formed a friendship with George W. Belden, a veteran prosecutor and former judge. His business was good enough for him to buy a block of buildings on Main Street in Canton, which provided him with a small but steady rental income for decades to come.
McKinley made speeches in Stark County, his first foray into politics, as his Army buddy Rutherford B. Hayes was nominated for governor in 1867. In his statewide victory, Hayes kept the county split between Democrats and Republicans, but Democrats stayed it that year. McKinley ran for the office of prosecuting attorney of Stark County, an office that had traditionally been controlled by Democrats, in 1869, and was unexpectedly elected. When McKinley ran for re-election in 1871, the Democrats nominated William A. Lynch, a well-known local advocate, and McKinley was defeated by 143 votes.
As McKinley's career progressed, his social life flourished: he courted Ida Saxton, the daughter of a prominent Canton family. In the newly built First Presbyterian Church of Canton, they were married on January 25, 1871. Ida joined her husband's Methodist church shortly. Katherine was their first child and was born on Christmas Day 1871. Ida, a second daughter, was born in 1873 but died the same year. McKinley's wife suffered with profound sadness at her baby's death and her overall wellbeing, which was never robust. Katherine died of typhoid fever two years ago. Ida never recovered from her daughters' deaths, and the McKinleys had no more children. Ida McKinley developed epilepsy around the same time and was heavily dependent on her husband's presence. He remained a devoted husband who attended to his wife's medical and emotional needs for the remainder of his life.
Ida insisted that her husband's more lucrative career in law and politics continue. He attended the state Republican convention, which nominated Hayes for a third term as governor in 1875, and campaigned for his old buddy in the fall. McKinley's next year will bring a group of struggling coal miners, who were arrested for rioting following a clash with strikebreakers. Lynch, McKinley's adversary in the 1871 election, and his partner, William R. Day, were the opposing counsel, and the mine owners included Mark Hanna, a Cleveland businessman. McKinley, pro bono, was successful in obtaining all but one of the miners cleared, with one of the miners convicted. McKinley's trial brought him up to fame among laborers, a vital part of the Stark County electorate, and he was introduced to Hanna, who would be his best backer in years to come.
McKinley's strong work with labour culminated in his campaign for the Republican nomination of Ohio's 17th congressional district last year. He was thought to have attracted blue-collar voters, according to delegated to the county conventions in August 1876, and McKinley was nominated in August 1876. Hayes had been nominated for president by this time, and McKinley ran for him when running his own congressional bid. Both were fruitful. McKinley, who was largely campaigning for a protective tariff, defeated Democratic nominee Levi L. Lamborn by 3,300 votes. Hayes gained the presidency after a fiercely fought election. McKinley's win came at a personal expense: his salary as a congressman would be half of what he earned as a lawyer.