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William McKinley

1843 - 1901

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William McKinley (January 29, 1843 – September 14, 1901) was the 25th president of the 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 for decades. McKinley successfully led the U.S. in the Spanish–American War and oversaw a period of American expansionism, with the annexations of Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Philippines, and American Samoa. McKinley was the last president to have served in the American Civil War; he was the only one to begin his service as an enlisted man and ended it as a brevet major. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William McKinley is the 1,442nd most popular politician, the 419th most popular biography from United States and the 56th most popular American Politician.

William McKinley is most famous for being the 25th president of the United States. He is also known for being the president who led the country into the Spanish-American War.

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Among politicians, William McKinley ranks 1,442 out of 19,576. Before him are Alfonso V of Aragon, Eric Bloodaxe, Coloman, King of Hungary, Sergey Shoygu, Edmund Ironside, and Gaspard II de Coligny. After him are Marie Louise d’Orléans, Neoptolemus, Childebert I, Wenceslaus II of Bohemia, Quintillus, and Athaulf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1843, William McKinley ranks 10. Before him are Bertha von Suttner, Frederick VIII of Denmark, Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, Camillo Golgi, Louis Renault, and Henry James. After him are Gabriel Tarde, Elisabeth of Wied, Duchess Mathilde Ludovika in Bavaria, Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz, Nicholas Alexandrovich, Tsesarevich of Russia, and Richard Avenarius. Among people deceased in 1901, William McKinley ranks 8. Before him are Queen Victoria, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Victoria, Princess Royal, Johanna Spyri, Benjamin Harrison, and Arnold Böcklin. After him are Milan I of Serbia, Charles Hermite, Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Li Hongzhang, and Fukuzawa Yukichi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William McKinley ranks 419 out of 20,380. Before him are Kurt Vonnegut (1922), Jon Brower Minnoch (1941), Charles Francis Richter (1900), Herman Hollerith (1860), Melvin Calvin (1911), and Jesse James (1847). After him are Kim Basinger (1953), Natalie Wood (1938), Ed Gein (1906), Jessica Lange (1949), Peter Fonda (1940), and John R. Bolton (1948).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, William McKinley ranks 56. Before him are Zachary Taylor (1784), Warren G. Harding (1865), Henry Clay (1777), William Henry Harrison (1773), Jefferson Davis (1808), and Sarah Palin (1964). After him are Millard Fillmore (1800), Jim Mattis (1950), Dick Cheney (1941), John Tyler (1790), Rutherford B. Hayes (1822), and John Kerry (1943).

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