Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-09-14
THE LATE PRECEDENT.

William Mckinley, twenty-hfth
President OF the United States, was
born at Niles. Trumbull county, Ohio,
January 20, 1S4S. His ancestors were
of Scoteh-Irish descent, and came to
this country about century and half
ago. William Mckinley, father OF the
President, married in 1929, Nancy
Campbell Allison, who was OF English
and Scotch German descent, The
President is the seventh OF their nine
children. Iron manufacturing and
moulding was the trade OF the elder
Mckinley and his father.
The father OF the President lived to
see his SOD Governor OF Ohio, and his
mother saw him President. She died
December II, 1897. at the age OF eighty.
eight.
He entered Allegheny College, Mead.
Vile, Pa, 10 1860. he became clerk
10 the Poland postoffice, and held this
position when the civil war broke out
10 1861. Ga June IL, Of that year, he
enlisted as @ private in Company T. OF
the Twenty-thiid Ohio Volunteer In
fantry aud during the war attained the
rank OF Mayor.
Upon leaving the army he returned
to his home 10 Poland and began the
study of law. He settled in Canton,
o., which hes since been his home, and
soon attracted attention as lawyer OF
much ability.
10 1876 be was elected to Congress
and was returned In 1878, 1880, 1882,
1884. 1856, and 1888. He was defeated
in 1890
While In Congress Mr.. Mckinley
served on the committee on the revision
Of the laws, the judiciary COMMITTEES,
the committee on the expenditure OF
the Postofice department, and the
committee on rules, and when General
Harrison was nominated for the presi-
jency, Mr.. Mckinley was assigned to
the committee on ways and means In
his place, and he continued to serve on
the last named committee until the end
OF bis congressional career, being chair
man of that committee during the Fifty
first Congress aud author OF the famous
tariff bill which bore bis name.
10 1891 he was elected governor OF
Onio by a mel )ri,y of 81 900 over ex'
Governor James E. Campbell. demo-
crat, and was reelected 10 1893. At
the expiration OF bis term ne returned
to Canton.
He was nominated for President on
the first ballot at the republican ma
tional convention at st. Louis In June,
1896, the vote being: Mckinley, 66l3,
Reed. S43; Qlsy, 6l3; Morton, IS; AliI-
SOD, 354. In the November election
following the total popular vote was
13 $50, ,942, of which the Mckinley
electors received 7 ,1O4 .779. being plu-
rality of 60l, ,854 over those cast for
William Jennings Bryan, of Nebraska,
and a msj jorlty over all candidates OF
SI1,74S The vote 10 the electoral COL
lege was 271 for Mckinley and l76 for
Bryan.
Mr.. Mckinley was renominated fjr
the presidency by acclsmstion ct the
republican national convention held at
Philadelphia June 25, 1900. The total
popular vote 10 the election following
was 13, ,970,300. Mr.. Mckinley received
200, ,677, as against 6,874 1897 cast for
William J. Bryan. His majority over
all candidates 10 the popular vote was
343. .O54. The electoral vote for McKin-
ley was 292, for Bryan los.
The President was inaueurated for
bis second term on March 4 last with
Vice President Roosevelt.
Major Mckinley was married on
January 25. 1871, to Miss Ida Saxton,
of Canton, daughter OF James A. and
Catherine Dewslt Ssxton. Two daueh.
ters we're born to them, one 10 1871 aud
one in 1873. but both died 10 early
childhood.