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U.S.PresidentWilliamMcKinley
wasshotandfatallywoundedon
September6,1901whileshaking
handswiththepublicinthe
TempleofMusicatthe
PanAmericanExpositionin
Buffalo,NewYork.Hediedon
September14fromgangrene
causedbythebulletwounds.Reelectedpresidentin
1900,McKinleyenjoyedmeetingthepublic,andwas
reluctanttotakesecurityprecautions.TheSecretaryto
thePresident,GeorgeB.Cortelyou,fearedan
assassinationattemptattheTempleofMusic,but
McKinleykeptthevisitintheschedule.Theassassinwas
LeonCzolgosz,whohadlosthisjobduringtheeconomic
Panicof1893.HeregardedMcKinleyasasymbolof
oppression,andfeltitwashisdutyasananarchisttokill
him.UnabletogetnearMcKinleyearlierinthevisit,
CzolgoszshotMcKinleytwiceasthePresidentreached
toshakehishandinthereceptionline(1905illustration
shown).McKinleyinitiallyappearedtoberecovering,
buttookaturnfortheworseonSeptember13anddied
earlythenextmorning;VicePresidentTheodore
Rooseveltsucceededhim.Czolgoszwasexecutedforthe
murderandCongresspassedlegislationgivingthe
responsibilityofprotectingthepresidenttotheSecret
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