FILE - An undated photo of William McKinley, 25th President of the United States. He was inaugurated in 1897, and again in 1901 just prior to being assassinated on Sept. 6, 1901. (AP Photo, File) ...

Roosevelt first assumed the presidency when President William McKinley was assassinated. September 6, 1901: President William McKinley Republican President William McKinley was shot to death in ...

Our 25th president loved tariffs, and oversaw an expansion of U.S. territory around the globe. But William McKinley is best ...

Editor’s note: On this Memorial Day, we present an excerpt from a speech of President Theodore Roosevelt, delivered on this holiday in 1902 — his first as president, after the assassination of ...