William McKinley

✶January 29, 1843

†September 14, 1901

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William McKinley was the 25th president of the United States, serving from 1897 until his assassination in 1901. A member of the Republican Party, he led a realignment that made Republicans largely dominant in the industrial states and nationwide for decades. McKinley successfully led the U.S. in the Spanish–American War and oversaw a period of American expansionism, with the annexations of Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Philippines, and American Samoa.

President of the United States from 1897 to 1901

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Biography from the article William McKinley on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.