25th President of the United States
William McKinley
“The Napoleon of Protection”
- In office
- March 4, 1897 – Sept. 14, 1901
- Party
- Republican
- Home state
- Ohio
- Lived
- 1843–1901
- Days in office
- 1,654
- In order
- No. 25: after Grover Cleveland, before Theodore Roosevelt
- Vice presidents
- Garret Hobart, Theodore Roosevelt
Key achievements & events
- Won the Spanish-American War (1898); gained Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines
- Annexed Hawaii (1898)
- Put the U.S. on the gold standard (Gold Standard Act, 1900)
- Backed the Open Door Policy for trade with China
Remember: He was shot by an anarchist at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo six months into his second term and died eight days later.