He invoked the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. An honor guard appeared with tricorn hats, fifes and drums — all traditional Revolutionary War iconography.

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 ...

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: ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...