William McKinley a Striking Figure in U S Presidents
A tribute to William McKinley from Mrs. McKinley dated May 22 describes him as kind patient and brave, noting his loyalty to his wife amid illness. The article recalls his Civil War service from private to captain, his leadership in the Twenty third Ohio, and his rise through politics to the presidency. it contrasts his early life with his wartime valor and public service.
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McKinley
St. Louis
New Orleans
San Antonio
Tex
Major McKinley
William McKinley
United States
Lincoln
Congress
Ohio
Thomas B. Reed
National House of Rentatives
Mrs. McKinley
Avery
McKinleys Civil War Hero and Canton Courtship
A long portrait of William McKinley and Ida Saxton from Canton Ohio, tracing their youth, courtship, and marriage. It recalls his early life as a major, their social circle, Ida’s schooling, and the 1871 church wedding that launched a lifelong partnership amid McKinley's rising public career.
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Canton
Meyers Lake
Saxton
Major McKinley
Albany
Sax
Hved
Ida Saxton
Ida
McKinley
Philadelphia
Brooke Hall
Europe
William McKinley
Canton Weekly Repository
Republican
New Stone Presbyterian Church
Fister
Jenkins
EH. Buckingham
Endsley Ma
National Guard Mobilized in Buffal o Crowd Gathers at Police Headquarters
In Buffalo on Sept 13 a large orderly crowd gathered near police headquarters as the Sixty-fifth and Seventy-fourth National Guard regiments were assembled as a precaution. Ropes barred access to the station and reporters were the only allowed visitors while officers guarded the building.
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Buffalo
National Guard
Pace
Czolgosz
Senne
McKinley’s War Record: From Civil War Enlistment to Major Brevet
William McKinley Jr. left Wesleyan College to join the Twenty third Ohio during the 1861 mobilization. He enlisted as a private, driven by patriotism, and rose through meritorious service, earning promotion and brevet rank as a key early member of the regiment under Colonel William G. Rose. Poland and the early mobilization context shape his heroic beginnings.
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Department of the Cumberland
Stanley Matthews
United States
United States Supreme Court
Rutherford R. Hayes
Ohio
William McKinley, Jr
Antietam
Mahoning County
Tle
Lee
Tiayes
South Mountain
Scammon
McKinley
Hayes
Todd
Lincoln
Opequan
Fishers’ Creek
Cedar Hill
War Department
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Stron
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Inley
McOln
Shenandoah Valley
Sheridan
Crook
William McKinley
William M'Kinley
Niles
Trumbull County
Poland Academy
Allegheny College
Twenty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry
R. B. Hayes
George Crook
Winfield 8. Hancock
United States Volunteers
President Lincoln
First Army Corps
8. S. Carroll
Congress
James G. Blaine
John Sherman
Benjamin Harrison
St. Louis
William J. Bryan
Nebraska
Twenty-third Ohio
Manual of Army
Twentythird Ohio
Pame Chase
Columbus
Union
Young McKinley
Fort Sumter
North
Poland
Twenty-third
William G. Rose
Menley Becomes First President to Join Union
The President joined a trades union on Sept 1 19 who is the first president to be a union man at a Chicago ceremony laying a cornerstone. A Bricklayers and Stone Masons' International Union card was issued, reflecting the rule that only union masons may handle a trowel.
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