William McKinley Timeline. A lifetime of events for the 25th American President, both private and public. From his birth in Ohio to President William McKinley's untimely death by assassination.
DATE | WILLIAM MCKINLEY TIMELINE OF EVENTS |
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1843 | William McKinley was born on January 29th |
1844 | James Polk is elected President |
1846 | The Mexican War begins |
1848 | Zachary Taylor is elected President |
1849 | Inauguration of Zachary Taylor |
1850 | Millard Fillmore becomes President |
1850 Compromise | |
President Taylor dies on July 9th | |
1853 | Inauguration of Franklin Pierce |
Gadsden Purchase | |
First Lady Abigail Fillmore dies | |
1854 | Kansas-Nebraska Act |
1856 | James Buchanan is elected President |
1857 | Inauguration of James Buchanan |
Dred Scott decision | |
1858 | The Lincoln-Douglas Presidential debates |
1859 | John Brown's Raid at Harper Ferry |
1860 | Abraham Lincoln is elected President |
McKinley enters Allegheny College | |
South Carolina seccedes the Union | |
1861 | Inaguration of Abraham Lincoln |
The Civil War begins | |
McKinley enlists in the Army | |
1862 | Battle of Shiloh |
Battle of Antietam | |
Fights at Antietam | |
1863 | Emancipation Proclamation |
Battle of Gettysburg | |
1865 | Lee surrenders at Appomattox |
President Lincoln is assassinated | |
Andrew Johnson becomes President | |
1866 | McKinley enters Albany Law School |
Graduates from Law School | |
Moves to Canton, Ohio | |
1868 | President Andrew Johnson is Impeached |
Ulysses S. Grant becomes President | |
Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constituion is ratified | |
1869 | Elected County Prosecutor |
Inauguration of Ulysses S. Grant | |
Franklin Pierce dies on October 8th | |
1870 | Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution ratified |
1871 | McKinley marries Ida Saxton |
1872 | President Grant is re-elected |
1876 | Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives |
Custers Last Stand | |
1877 | Inauguration of Rutherford B. Hayes |
1880 | McKinley re-elected to Congress |
James Garfield is elected President | |
1881 | Inauguration of James Garfield |
President Garfield is assassinated | |
Chester Arthur becomes President | |
1884 | Grover Cleveland is elected President |
1887 | Hatch Act |
1888 | Benjamin Harrison is elected President |
1889 | McKinley becomes memeber of House Ways and Means |
Inauguration of Benjamin Harrison | |
1890 | McKinley tariff bill |
1891 | McKinley is elected Governor of Ohio |
1893 | Re-elected Governor |
1896 | William McKinley is elected President of the U.S. |
1897 | Inauguration of William McKinley |
1898 | Declares war with Spain |
Sinking of the Maine | |
Spanish-American War | |
Annexation of Hawaii | |
Treaty of Paris | |
1899 | The First Hague Act |
1900 | Mckinley is re-elected President |
Currency Act | |
1901 | Former President Harrison dies on March 13th |
1901 | President McKinley is shot on Septmber 6th |
President McKinley dies by assassination on September 14th |
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