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By Martin Kelly, About.com Guide to American History since 2001

William McKinley Shot

Friday September 5, 2008
On September 5, 1901, Leon Czolgosz shot President William McKinley. The President was attending the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. Czolgosz was an anarchist. McKinley did not die until September 14th. He was the fourth president associated with Tecumseh's Curse. Czolgosz was later convicted and executed by electrocution. President McKinley was succeeded by Theodore Roosevelt who became the youngest person ever to be one of the Presidents of the United States. Read about the other presidents who were assassinated: Presidential Assassinations.

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September 5, 2008 at 11:29 am
(1) Carl Mautz says:

If you haven’t seen the book _Elusive Truth_, you might want to take a look and include it in your Manzanar comments. http://www.carlmautz.com/index.php?main_page=advanced_search_result&search_in_description=1&zenid=01a3c3fc01fcfaf807164e209eb74b84&keyword=elusive

September 6, 2008 at 10:43 am
(2) Mark Large says:

In your article on the Tecumseh Curse you list Lincoln as the first candidate of the Republican Party. He was actually the second. John Fremont was the first in 1856.

January 19, 2009 at 11:24 pm
(3) gisel says:

you know what that was stupid why would you kill one of our leaders. hope no one kills obhama GO OBHAMA!

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