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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 33rd most popular politician (up from 1,442nd in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from United States (up from 419th in 2019) and the 5th 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

Among politicians, William McKinley ranks 33 out of 19,576. Before him are George V, James VI and I, Commodus, Edward VI of England, Mehmed the Conqueror, and Huang Xianfan. After him are Umar, Edward VIII, Ulysses S. Grant, George III of the United Kingdom, Kim Il-sung, and Constantine the Great.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1843, William McKinley ranks 1. After him are Edvard Grieg, Robert Koch, Bertha von Suttner, Charles Albert Gobat, Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, Camillo Golgi, Louis Renault, Frederick VIII of Denmark, Georg von Hertling, Henry James, and Duchess Mathilde Ludovika in Bavaria. Among people deceased in 1901, William McKinley ranks 1. After him are Giuseppe Verdi, Queen Victoria, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Victoria, Princess Royal, Johanna Spyri, Leon Czolgosz, Benjamin Harrison, Arnold Böcklin, Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, George Francis FitzGerald, and Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William McKinley ranks 11 out of 20,380. Before him are Thomas Edison (1847), J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904), Muhammad Ali (1942), Andrew Jackson (1767), Edgar Allan Poe (1809), and Pope Leo XIV (1955). After him are Al Pacino (1940), Sylvester Stallone (1946), Clint Eastwood (1930), Ulysses S. Grant (1822), Martin Van Buren (1782), and Steve Jobs (1955).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, William McKinley ranks 5. Before him are Donald Trump (1946), Jimmy Carter (1924), Thomas Jefferson (1743), and Andrew Jackson (1767). After him are Ulysses S. Grant (1822), Martin Van Buren (1782), Hillary Clinton (1947), Abraham Lincoln (1809), James K. Polk (1795), Ronald Reagan (1911), and George Washington (1732).

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