William McKinley Timeline

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
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