William McKinley 25th US President 1897-1901

William McKinley 1843- 1901

25th US President 1897-1901

First Lady Ida Sexton

Vice President (s) Garret A. Hobart (1897-1899) Theodore Roosevelt (1901)

McKinley declared war on Spain after the US battleship Maine was blown up in Havana Harbor. In four moths the U.S. won the war and gained control of Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines. Cuba became independent. McKinley was assassinated shortly after he won a second term.






William McKinley quotes:

Cuba ought to be free and independent, and the government should be turned over to the Cuban people.
William McKinley

Expositions are the timekeepers of progress.
William McKinley

I am a tariff man, standing on a tariff platform.
William McKinley

I have never been in doubt since I was old enough to think intelligently that I would someday be made president.
William McKinley

In the time of darkest defeat, victory may be nearest.
William McKinley

Let us ever remember that our interest is in concord, not in conflict; and that our real eminence rests in the victories of peace, not those of war.
William McKinley

Our differences are policies; our agreements, principles.
William McKinley

That's all a man can hope for during his lifetime - to set an example - and when he is dead, to be an inspiration for history.
William McKinley

The free man cannot be long an ignorant man.
William McKinley

The mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation.
William McKinley