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1841 1921 |
Of the 11 U.S. presidents serving between 1841 and 1921, seven of them were born in Ohio.The presidents and their places of birth were: Ulysses S. Grant, Point Pleasant; Rutherford B. Hayes, Delaware; James A. Garfield, Orange; Benjamin Harrison, North Bend; William McKinley, Niles; William H. Taft, Cincinnati; Warren G. Harding, Morrow County. These were the only Ohio-born presidents. Three of them, Garfield, McKinley and Harding died in office. Four of the seven presidents hailing from Ohio died while in office. They were William Henry Harrison, the 9th president, who died one month after his inauguration in 1841; the 20th president, James Garfield, who was assassinated in 1881; William McKinley, the 25th president, who was assassinated in 1901; and Warren G. Harding, who died suddenly in 1923. Links: USA, Ohio, GarfieldJ, HarrisonB, McKinleyW, TaftW, HardingW, HayesR, HarrisonW 
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1897 1901 |
William McKinley served as the 25th President of the US. Links: USA, McKinleyW
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1898 Apr 20 |
President McKinley signed a congressional resolution recognizing Cuban independence from Spain. He signed the Joint Resolution for War with Spain that authorized U.S. military intervention to Cuban independence. The US thus hijacked the independence rebellion in Cuba started by Jose Marti in 1995. Links: USA, Cuba, McKinleyW
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1900 May 25 |
President William McKinley signed the Lacey Act, 16 U.S.C. § 3371–3378, to defend fauna from poachers. It banned the illegal commercial transportation of wildlife. The conservation law was introduced by Iowa Rep. John F. Lacey. It has been amended several times. The most significant times were in 1969, 1981, and in 1989. Links: USA, Animal, McKinleyW
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1904 Feb 15 |
Mark Hanna (b.1837), American businessman and Republican politician, died in Washington, DC. He served as a United States Senator from Ohio. A friend and political ally of President William McKinley, Hanna used his wealth and business skills to successfully manage McKinley's presidential campaigns in 1896 and 1900. Links: USA, Ohio, DC, McKinleyW
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1904 |
In San Francisco an allegorical sculpture honoring Pres. McKinley showed a figure holding a palm branch in one hand and a sword in the other was erected in Golden Gate Park. Links: USA, SF, McKinleyW
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