On September 6, 1899, President William McKinley ... President McKinley died from infection and gangrene. After McKinley's death, Vice-President Theodore Roosevelt assumed the presidency.

For his second term, McKinley had a less decisive victory, but with Theodore Roosevelt Jr. as his vice president, he still defeated the Democratic candidate William Jennings Bryan. Challenges: ...

The first page of Theodore Roosevelt's speech ... on orders from the ghost of President William McKinley, whose assassination in 1901 had made Roosevelt president. After examination by five ...

After William McKinley's assassination, Theodore Roosevelt arrives in Washington in 1901 as the youngest president of the United States. He is unwilling to let Congress dictate federal policies ...

Campaign In 1901, Roosevelt became the 25th Vice President of the United States. On September 14, 1901, President William McKinley was assassinated. At the age of 42, Theodore Roosevelt became the ...

In these troubled times of trade war, William McKinley ... the renowned Theodore Roosevelt. In 1890, the "Napoleon of Protectionism" had the McKinley Tariff adopted by Congress, which increased ...