Mckinley, William
(b. January 29, 1843; d. September 14, 1901) Twenty-fifth president of the United States (1897–1901).
William McKinley served fourteen years in the House of Representatives ...
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William McKinley was a popular president. He led the nation during the emergence of the United States into its modern position as a global economic and military power.
Businesses did well, jobs were ...
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William McKinley (1843-1901) was the twenty-fifth president of the United States. During his administration the Spanish-American War of 1898 overshadowed the two important issues of tariff and currenc...
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U.S. Rep. Paul Gillmor, who was found dead in his apartment in suburban Washington earlier this week, died of blunt head and neck trauma consistent with a fall down stairs, according to a medical e...
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U.S. Rep. Paul Gillmor, who was found dead in his apartment in suburban Washington earlier this week, died of blunt head and neck trauma consistent with a fall down stairs, according to a medical e...
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Today is Thursday, Sept. 6, the 249th day of 2007. There are 116 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Sept. 6, 1901, President William McKinley was shot and mortally wounded by ana...
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Question 1 of 10:Who, in 1901, became the first American president of the 20th Century to die by an assassin's bullet?
William
McKinley
Theodore
Roosevelt
Grover
Cleveland
William
Taft
...
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Question 1 of 10:Which President never let on to the public that he was disabled by polio and unable to walk without assistance?a)
Thomas
Jefferson
(0)b)
Franklin
Roosevelt
(1)c)
Lyndon
Johnson
...
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In Washington a few years ago, the city was decorated with party animals. In this political town, the animals were elephants and donkeys. Artists, schoolchildren and almost everyone with a talented...
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Today is Monday, Jan. 29, the 29th day of 2007. There are 336 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Jan. 29, 1820, Britain's King George III died at Windsor Castle, ending a reign t...
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Ornate currency produced by banks around the country became obsolete virtually overnight when the federal government started printing money in quantity in the 1860s. So did the intricate print...
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Selected editorial excerpts from the U.S. press:
WHAT KARL ROVE DIDN'T BUILD (The Washington Post, Washington)
AS A POLITICAL operative, Karl Rove, the White House guru who
announced his...
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Today is Tuesday, Nov. 6, the 310th day of 2007. There are 55 days left in the year. This is Election Day.Today's Highlight in History:On Nov. 6, 1860, former Illinois congressman Abraham Lincoln d...
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