1. President # Kaydee Fry A-4

2. McKinley was born in Niles, Ohio in 1843

3. He was the seventh child born to William and Nancy McKinley

4. He attended Alleghany College in Pennsylvania but had to drop out due to illness.

5. When the Civil War broke out, he enlisted as a private in the 23 rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry

6. McKinley was promoted to 1 st Lieutenant in February 1864 and for his services at Winchester, he was promoted Captain on July 25, 1864.

7. After the war, McKinley became governor of Ohio in 1892.

8. He ran for President as a Republican in 1896 and was elected on March 4 1897.

9. He was the first president to run a "front porch" campaign-- a campaign limited in travel.

10. 1896 campaign speech from his front porch http://archive.lib.msu.edu/VVL/vincent/pres idents/mp3/mckinley.mp3

11. His first lady was Ida McKinley, his wife.

12. Mckinley was the 3 rd president to be assassinated. As he was dying, he asked his attendants to be careful how they told his wife.

13. Mr. President References Kaydee Fry William McKinley  http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/williammckinley http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/williammckinley  http://www.spanamwar.com/McKinley.htm http://www.spanamwar.com/McKinley.htm  http://www.nndb.com/people/431/000026353/ http://www.nndb.com/people/431/000026353/  http://www.infroplease.com/ipa/A0760609.html http://www.infroplease.com/ipa/A0760609.html  http://americanpresidents.org/presidents/president.asp?PresidentNumber=24 http://americanpresidents.org/presidents/president.asp?PresidentNumber=24