William McKinley, 25th President of the United States badlands national park Piers Gaveston

Piers Gaveston

February 13

He had been endeavouring to steer a course between the left-wing demands of Leon Gambetta and the right-wing demands for a restoration of the monarchy

had overspent on the 12 ships by some £235

at the Bank of England ground

William McKinley, 25th President of the United States badlands national park Piers GavestonWilliam McKinley, 25th President of the United States, 1898. Born in Niles, Ohio, McKinley became a lawyer and in 1877 entered Congress as a Republican, becoming a leading tarriff expert. He was elected President in 1896 and for a second term four years later. In 1898 he led the United States to victory in the Spanish American War. McKinley was shot by an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz, at the Pan American Exhibition in Buffalo, on 6 September 1901 and died