On Sept. 6, 1901, a disgruntled laborer shot the 25th president during a a visit to Buffalo, New York.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A former president from Ohio could play a big role in shaping President Donald Trump's policies. Trump's a fan of President ...

​​William McKinley’s second term as US president had scarcely begun when it came to a tragic end in September 1901.

On this day in history, April 20, 1898, President William McKinley asked Congress to declare war on Spain. The declaration requested by the 25th U.S. president was in response to an ongoing conflict ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Although President William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, was born in Niles, he called Canton his home. Few ...

United States, serving from 1897 until his assassination in 1901. A member of the Republican Party, he led a realignment that made Republicans largely dominant in the industrial states and nationwide ...

Growing up in the iron-producing region of eastern Ohio in the 1840s, future president William McKinley would hear his father complain that foreign competition lowered wages and made honest men reduce ...

Chief Justice Melville W. Fuller swears-in William McKinley as president as President Grover Cleveland watches on March 4, 1897. (Library of Congress via AP) When most presidents cite illustrious ...

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From horse-drawn presidential coaches to Air Force One, presidents have used various modes of transportation to project an image of America for nearly 250 years. By Peter Baker In his second term, the ...