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| | William McKinley |
 | | McKinley was born in Niles, Ohio, January 29, 1843 to William McKinley and Nancy Allison. |
 | | Following graduation he taught school, then at the start of the American Civil War enlisted in the Union Army on June 23, 1861, as a private in the Twenty-third Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was mustered out as Captain and brevet Major of the same regiment in September 1865. |
 | | Following the war, McKinley studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1867. |
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