This is what Nobody would consider a wide net.........
Just because McKinley was a Republican who fought for the Union doesn't make him "NON O.A.K." material. The narrow mind will not catch the real crooks.....they don't all wear a mask over their face like Jesse James did. Just my two cents.
raised protective tariffs to promote American industry, and maintained the nation on the gold standard in a rejection of inflationary proposals.
became the Republican Party’s expert on the protective tariff, which he promised would bring prosperity.
McKinley Tariff - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia shut out competition during the construction of monopolies.......ask yourself, what was making big money during this time, and then look who paid his way to the presidency. Rapid economic growth marked McKinley’s presidency. $$$$$$$$$$------->O.A.K.
persuade Spain to grant independence to rebellious
Cuba without conflict, but when negotiation failed, he led the nation in the Spanish–American War of 1898. Cuba was promised independence, but at that time remained under the control of the U.S. Army. The United States annexed the independent Republic of Hawaii in 1898 and it became a U.S. territory. Czolgosz, McKinley's assassin believed there was a
great injustice in American society, an inequality which allowed the wealthy to enrich themselves by exploiting the poor. He concluded that the reason for this was the structure of government itself.
Emma Goldman was arrested on suspicion of being involved in the assassination, but was released, due to insufficient evidence. She later incurred a great deal of negative publicity when she published "The Tragedy at Buffalo". In the article, she compared Czolgosz to Marcus Junius Brutus, the killer of Julius Caesar, and
called McKinley the "president of the money kings and trust magnates."
McKinley was of course succeeded by Vice President Teddy Roosevelt..........
The Trust Buster?
At least 22 presidents of the United States have some Irish ancestral origins
Andrew Jackson (Scotch-Irish) (Irish)
7th President 1829-37: : He was born in the predominantly Ulster-Scots Waxhaws area of South Carolina two years after his parents left Boneybefore, near Carrickfergus in County Antrim. A heritage centre in the village pays tribute to the legacy of 'Old Hickory', the People's President. Andrew Jackson then moved to Tennessee, where he served as Governor
James Knox Polk (Scotch-Irish)(Irish)
11th President, 1845-49: His ancestors were among the first Ulster-Scots settlers, emigrating from Coleraine in 1680 to become a powerful political family in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. He moved to Tennessee and became its governor before winning the presidency.
James Buchanan (Scotch-Irish)(Irish)
15th President, 1857-61: Born in a log cabin (which has been relocated to his old school in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania), 'Old Buck' cherished his origins: "My Ulster blood is a priceless heritage". The Buchanans were originally from Deroran, near Omagh in County Tyrone where the ancestral home still stands.
Andrew Johnson (Scotch-Irish Irish & English)
17th President, 1865-69: His grandfather left Mounthill, near Larne in County Antrim around 1750 and settled in North Carolina. Andrew worked there as a tailor and ran a successful business in Greeneville, Tennessee, before being elected Vice-President. He became President following Abraham Lincoln's assassination.
Ulysses S. Grant (Scotch-Irish,Irish English & Scottish)
18th President, 1869-77: The home of his maternal great-grandfather, John Simpson, at Dergenagh, County Tyrone, is the location for an exhibition on the eventful life of the victorious Civil War commander who served two terms as President. Grant visited his ancestral homeland in 1878.
Chester A. Arthur (Scotch-Irish Irish & English)
21st President, 1881-85: His election was the start of a quarter-century in which the White House was occupied by men of Ulster-Scots origins. His family left Dreen, near Cullybackey, County Antrim, in 1815. There is now an interpretive centre, alongside the Arthur Ancestral Home, devoted to his life and times.
Grover Cleveland (Scotch-Irish Irish & English)
22nd and 24th President, 1885-89 and 1893-97: Born in New Jersey, he was the maternal grandson of merchant Abner Neal, who emigrated from County Antrim in the 1790s. He is the only president to have served non-consecutive terms.
Benjamin Harrison (Scotch-Irish Irish & English)
23rd President, 1889-93: His mother, Elizabeth Irwin, had Ulster-Scots roots through her two great-grandfathers, James Irwin and William McDowell. Harrison was born in Ohio and served as a brigadier general in the Union Army before embarking on a career in Indiana politics which led to the White House.
William McKinley (Scotch-Irish Irish & English)
25th President, 1897-1901: Born in Ohio, the descendant of a farmer from Conagher, near Ballymoney, County Antrim, he was proud of his ancestry and addressed one of the national Scotch-Irish Irish congresses held in the late 19th century. His second term as president was cut short by an assassin's bullet.
Theodore Roosevelt (Scotch-Irish,Irish, Dutch, Scottish, English & French)
26th President, 1901-09: His mother, Mittie Bulloch, had Ulster Scots ancestors who emigrated from Glenoe, County Antrim, in May 1729. Roosevelt praised "Irish Presbyterians" as "a bold and hardy race." However, he is also the man who said: "But a hyphenated American is not an American at all.
William Howard Taft (Scotch-Irish Irish & English)
27th President 1909-13
Woodrow Wilson (Scotch-Irish Irish)
28th President, 1913-21: Of Ulster-Scot descent on both sides of the family, his roots were very strong and dear to him. He was grandson of a printer from Dergalt, near Strabane, County Tyrone, whose former home is open to visitors. Throughout his career he reflected on the influence of his ancestral values on his constant quest for knowledge and fulfillment.
Warren G. Harding (Scotch-Irish Irish, & English)
29th President 1921-23
Harry S. Truman (Scotch-Irish,Irish, English & German)
33rd President 1945-53
John F. Kennedy (Irish)
35th President 1961-63, (County Wexford),
Richard Nixon (Irish, Scotch-Irish, English & German)
37th President, 1969-74: The Nixon ancestors left Ulster in the mid-18th century; the Quaker Milhous family ties were with County Antrim and County Kildare.
Jimmy Carter (Scotch-Irish Irish & English)
39th President 1977-1981 (County Antrim)
Ronald Reagan (Irish, English & Scottish)
40th President 1981-89: He was the great-grandson, on his father's side, of Irish migrants from Ballyporeen, County Tipperary who came to United States via Canada and England in the 1940s. His mother was of Scottish and English ancestry.
George H. W. Bush (Irish, Scotch-Irish & English)
41st President 1989-93: County Wexford His ancestry has been traced to, Richard de Clare, Earl of Pembroke (known as Strongbow) and to Dermot MacMurrough, the Gaelic king of Leinster.
Bill Clinton (Scotch-Irish Irish & English)
42nd President 1993-2001: He claims Irish ancestry despite there being no documentation of any of his ancestors coming from Ireland
George W. Bush (Irish, Scotch-Irish & English)
43rd President 2001-09: One of his five times great-grandfathers, William Holliday, was born in Rathfriland, County Down, about 1755, and died in Kentucky about 1811-12. One of the President's seven times great-grandfathers, William Shannon, was born somewhere in County Cork about 1730, and died in Pennsylvania in 1784.
Barack Obama (Kenyan (Luo), English, and Irish)
44th President 2009-: His father was part of the Luo ethnic group in Kenya. His mother's ancestry was predominantly English, but a few of his maternal ancestors hailed from Moneygall, County Offaly
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like this..............It is uncertain when William McKinley and Mark Hanna first met—neither man in later life could remember the first meeting.
