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  William McKinley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
McKinley was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives and served from 1877 to 1883.
McKinley was again elected to the House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1885 to March 3, 1891.
McKinley was elected governor of Ohio in 1891, and re-elected in 1893, serving until January 13, 1896.
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 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : William McKinley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
McKinley was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1890 to the Fifty-second Congress.
McKinley was shot by Leon F. olgosz, a Republican turned Anarchist, on September 6, 1901, while attending the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.
McKinley was the first president to ride in an automobile (the ambulance that took him to the hospital after he was shot).
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 Ida Saxton McKinley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ida Saxton McKinley (June 8, 1847 – May 26, 1907), wife of William McKinley, was First Lady of the United States from 1897 to 1901.
Ida was born in Canton, Ohio, the elder daughter of a socially prominent and well-to-do family.
At the White House, the McKinleys acted as if her health were no great handicap to her role as First Lady.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ida_McKinley   (456 words)

  
 Presidential Avenue: William McKinley
The mausoleum stands at the junction of the guard and hilt of the sword or at the center of the cross.
The Memorial was dedicated on September 30, 1907, and the bodies of William McKinley and Ida Saxton McKinley were removed from the Werts receiving vault and placed in the central sarcophagi of the Memorial on October 10, 1907.
William McKinley was elected to Congress as a representative from Ohio in 1876, '78, '80, '82, '84, '88 was elected governor of Ohio in 1891 and 1893 and president of the United States in 1896 and 1900.
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 William_McKinley
McKinley was shot by Leon Czolgosz, a Republican turned anarchist, on September 6, 1901, while attending the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.
His body was interred in the McKinley Memorial Mausoleum adjacent to West Lawn Cemetery in Canton, Ohio.
McKinley was the first president to ride in an automobile (the electric ambulance that took him to the hospital after he was shot).
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/w/wi/william_mckinley.html   (1053 words)

  
 Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site
Importantly, the concept of memorialization the honoring of the memory, deeds, and life of an important person or persons—grew out of universal concepts relating to honoring the dead, worshipping deities, and maintaining the immortal spirit of the deceased.
The interior memorial spaces were secondary to the exterior sculptural expression, and the rotunda and burial chamber were sealed in 1930-31.
Bronze plaques denoting the history of the memorial and board of trustees of the LFA are mounted on the panels that flank the rear entrance.
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 Item Description   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
William McKinley (1843-1901), the twenty-fifth president of the United States, was born in Niles, Ohio.
McKinley served in the U.S. Congress for 14 years, and became president in 1897, largely due to the influence of Marcus Hanna, boss of the Cleveland political machine.
McKinley was most noted for his foreign policy and the conduct of the Spanish-American War in 1898.
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 National Obituary Archive(NOA) - Arrangeonline.com
McKinley was born June 8, 1847 in Canton, Ohio.
Ida McKinley’s health had improved somewhat during her husband’s congressional and gubernatorial years, but when he entered the White House in 1897, her health had again taken a turn for the worse.
McKinley continued to live in Canton, caring for her younger sister and visiting her husband’s grave almost daily.
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 William McKinley Biography plus pictures, news, information and products.
On the third of June 1891, William McKinley was initiated to Sigma Alpha Epsilon by the Ohio Theta chapter.
McKinley was again elected to the Forty-ninth, Fiftieth, and Fifty-first Congresses (March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1891).
McKinley was shot by Leon Czolgosz, an anarchist, on September 6, 1901, while attending the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.
www.biographyplus.com /william_mckinley.htm   (1195 words)

  
 William McKinley
McKinley is a president often overlooked by historians, in part because of the formidable stature of his sucessor.
McKinley and was teaching in a country school and clerking in the post office.
McKinley was not, however, dominated by Hanna who was in fact differebntial to him.
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 William McKinley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
McKinley resigned as governor to pursue the Republican nomination for president in 1896.
McKinley was rushed to a nearby hospital where doctors operated on him.
Ida Saxton was born in Canton, Ohio in 1847, the daughter of a prominent banker.
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 McKinley / monument1.jpg   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Shortly after President William McKinley's assassination, an association was formed to build a fitting memorial in Canton, Ohio.
The Mausoleum and the surrounding grounds form the shape of a cross hilted sword.
The bodies of President McKinley and his wife, Ida, along with their two children, Katie and Ida, are all interred there.
www.starklibrary.org /mckinley/pages/monument1_jpg.htm   (154 words)

  
 McKinley Memorial
It was erected by the McKinley Memorial association and its entire cost, including surroundings was about $525,000.
The mausoleum is 78 feet 9 inches in diameter.
McKinley; and in niches on the north side of the dome are the caskets containing those of the two daughters, Ida and Mary, who died in infancy.
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 Discover Ohio Travel Club
President William McKinley, 25th president of the United States, was born in Niles, Ohio in 1843 and spent most of his life in Canton.
Dominating the interior of the mausoleum is a double sarcophagus made of Windsor green granite with a base of fl Berlin granite.
The McKinley children, Katie and Ida, were moved from their resting places in the adjacent West Lawn Cemetery to be entombed within the double walls at the rear of the Memorial.
www.discoverohio.com /newsletter/story.asp?f=e&i=18&s=44   (742 words)

  
 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The McKinley Memorial Association was established very quickly after the assassination of President McKinley in 1901.
The site chosen for the Memorial was the site William McKinley himself favored as an appropriate location for a Stark County soldiers' memorial, high on a hill with a view of the city.
The bronze statue of President McKinley on the second tier from the bottom of the steps was designed by Charles Niehaus who created it from a photograph taken of the President making his last speech.
mckinleymuseum.org /mckinleynatlmemor.html   (451 words)

  
 Ida Saxton McKinley biography
McKinley was a young lawyer with a promising future; they were married on January 25, 1871.
Ida tried to be at William's side as much as possible and he, in return, ran his campaign primarily from Canton to stay close to her.
Ida passed away in 1907 and is buried at Canton's McKinley Memorial Mausoleum with her husband and two young daughters.
www.lkwdpl.org /wihohio/mcki-ida.htm   (623 words)

  
 McKinley National Memorial
Plans for a memorial to McKinley were initated by newly inaugurated President Theodore Roosevelt.
An areial view of the Memorial and grounds shows how the design represents both the cross of a martyr and the sword of a soldier president.
The mausoleum stands at the junction of the gurad and hilt of the sword or at the center of the cross.
members.tripod.com /~McKinley783/President/memorial.html   (564 words)

  
 Ida Saxton McKinley
Ida Saxton McKinley was born in Canton, Ohio, in 1847, as the elder daughter of a socially prominent and well-to-do family.
As a cashier she caught the attention of Maj. William McKinley, who had come to Canton in 1867 to establish a law practice, and they fell deeply in love.
She died in 1907 at the age of 59, and lies entombed beside the President and near their two little daughters in Canton's McKinley Memorial Mausoleum.
www.mckinley.lib.oh.us /museum/ida_mckinley.htm   (533 words)

  
 National Park Service - The Presidents (McKinley Tomb)
Following his death by an assassin's hand in 1901 at Buffalo, his body was temporarily interred in Westlawn Cemetery, where this memorial mausoleum was to be erected.
The floor of the mausoleum is formed by different-hued marble laid in a cross pattern.
The William McKinley Memorial Association owned and maintained the tomb until 1943, then turned it and approximately 20 surrounding acres over to the State.
www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/presidents/site49.htm   (427 words)

  
 sitelist
governor of Ohio, McKinley as 1, 3, 4, 8, 13, 14
McKinley National Birthplace Memorial (Niles, Ohio) 9, 14
McKinley, Sr., William (father) 2c, 3, 10, 13
www.mckinley.lib.oh.us /McKWeb/subjectindex.htm   (378 words)

  
 AboutUs
Situated in an area of such natural beauty that includes the site of President McKinley's memorial, West Lawn Cemetery serves as the final resting place for many of those who were leaders in building the city.
North Lawn Cemetery, located at 4927 Cleveland Avenue NW, is equally distinguished by sweeping vistas of greenery graced by stately trees and the gentle murmur of a winding brook.
In addition, our brand new Cremation Garden Mausoleum, for those who prefer cremation burial in a beautiful garden setting, we invite you to visit our new columbarium, which offers the beauty and dignity of garden burial with the affordability of cremation.
www.westlawncemetery.org /aboutus.htm   (245 words)

  
 Item Description
Two 4.25" by 5.7" (10.8 by 14.6 cm) images depict the trustees of the McKinley National Memorial.
The trustees are seen selecting the site for the presidential memorial in the first image.
An aerial view of the memorial and its grounds shows the cross of a martyr and the sword of a soldier-president.
worlddmc.ohiolink.edu /OMP/NewDetails?oid=1958406   (406 words)

  
 Presidential Homes and Libraries   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The Memorial was built in the late 1930's with the ground breaking on December 15, 1938.
It is truly a memorial that celebrates the tremendous accomplishments which have united the nation for more than two hundred years, while continuing to serve as a place where citizens assemble to draw attention to those causes and issues which continue to divide the country.
The 96-foot high memorial is the final resting place for William and Ida McKinley and their two daughters who died in infancy.
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 The White House Historical Association > Timelines
There was little resemblance between the petulant invalid who came to the White House with William McKinley in March 1897 and vivacious young woman he had married 26 years before.
Although politically active, William McKinley was never far from her side.
When President McKinley was shot by an assassin in September 1901, he thought primarily of her.
www.whitehousehistory.org /05/subs/05_b12.html   (1242 words)

  
 Hughes Granite & Marble Company - History
Hughes conceived and perfected the proper use of ventilation in mausoleums and crypts.
He organized the American Mausoleum Co. and the American Mausoleum Construction Co. The two companies constructed over one hundred mausoleums nationwide.
Ohio Civil War memorials were contracted to Hughes for Andersonville and the battlefield sites of Vicksburg, Antietam, Chickamauga and Shiloh.
www.sandusky-county-scrapbook.net /hughesgranite/History.htm   (222 words)

  
 Jennifer's History and Stuff: Presidential Fun Fact of the Day
The year after Katie died, the McKinleys moved to Washington when William was elected to Congress.
When President McKinley was shot in 1901, Ida took the news bravely, hoping her husband would recover.
The federal government made plans for a memorial McKinley Mausoleum, and Ida decided she wanted to live after all.
jenlars.mu.nu /archives/002189.html   (415 words)

  
 Garfield's Lawnfield leads pack of Ohio's presidential sites
McKinley was born and reared in Niles but spent his adult years in nearby Canton, where he is buried.
Standing in the center of Niles, a small town showing the ravages of post-industrial Ohio, the McKinley Memorial is a cold, formidable place in the Greek temple style, complete with 28 marble columns.
At the memorial, the Stark County Historical Society operates a museum of local history and McKinley memorabilia, the McKinley library, a science museum and a planetarium.
www.post-gazette.com /books/20030817ohiotour0817p3.asp   (2459 words)

  
 Park Dates
Ceremonies at the 1932 dedication of the Stephen T. Mather Memorial Plaque at Madison Junction in Yellowstone NP (1932).
July 24 1965: "The Hiker," a memorial to veterans of the Spanish-American War, was dedicated near Arlington National Cemetery on land within the George Washington Memorial Parkway in Virginia.
A "memorial mansion" intended to resemble the birth house was completed at George Washington Birthplace National Monument in 1932.
www.cr.nps.gov /history/hisnps/NPSHistory/parkdate.htm   (14640 words)

  
 mckinley speech print 1
When you walk the steps of The William McKinley Presidential Memorial you are greeted by this beautiful statue of the president.
This print is a tribute to The President and his public speaking.
The image of President McKinley on the left overlooking the memorial is the same used for the creation of the statue on the lower right hand side.
www.valentinedesign.com /mckinley_speech_print_1_zoom.htm   (154 words)

  
 PJStar.com
The association will conduct the 138th annual Memorial Day services on the hill, where Civil War dead are buried.
Members will assemble at the Bartonville Grade School on Adams Street and march up Adams to McKinley to the monument, which is decorated with white crosses.
Through Memorial Day, the Journal Star talks to families of military men with links to the Peoria area who have died in Iraq or Afghanistan.
www.pjstar.com /news/ap_wire/2004memorial/memorialday.html   (617 words)

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