McKinley, William

A political leader of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; he was president from 1897 to 1901. McKinley, a Republican , led the United States during the Spanish-American War , although he at first opposed taking action against Spain . The United States annexed the Philippines in his presidency. McKinley was assassinated by an anarchist ( see anarchism ) shortly after his reelection.

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McKinley's presidency is often remembered as a time of rising American jingoism and imperialism .

Indeed, Republicans should take their cue from William McKinley, another Republican president and an Ohioan.

Secretary of State under Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt.

Bryan twice lost to William McKinley, in 1896 and 1900, and then again in 1908, to William Howard Taft.

William McKinley upheld the gold standard against bimetallism.

She was dropping knowledge at Smith College, not William McKinley High, but Glee sensation Jane Lynch still stole the show.

The hymn was a favorite with William McKinley, the martyred president.

William McKinley, before he died, showed symptoms of adjustment to the new age such as his successors have not exhibited.

It was here that he came into contact with William McKinley, with whom, sixteen years later, he was to run on the same ticket.

William McKinley's mission on earth was finished, and one week after he was shot he breathed his last.

Illustrious men may come and go, but William McKinley will be remembered so long as our nation endures.

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