On Sept. 14, 1901, President William McKinley died in Buffalo and shortly after Theodore Roosevelt took the oath of office for president.

This proclamation was issued by Theodore Roosevelt just weeks after President William McKinley died, on Sept. 14, 1901, of wounds inflicted by an assassin a week earlier.

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 ...

Editor’s note: On this Memorial Day, we present an excerpt from a speech of President Theodore Roosevelt, ... after the assassination of William McKinley in September 1901.

Trump referenced only two presidents in that inaugural address: William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. There is something ominous in these choices: ...

Two years later, Roosevelt was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy by President William McKinley. In this role, T.R. vehemently pushed for war with Spain over the issue of Cuban independence.

When McKinley again faced Bryan in the 1900 presidential race, war hero Theodore Roosevelt joined the ticket as the vice presidential candidate and the Republicans claimed another victory.

Lesson Plan: Historic Presidential Elections - 1912 - William Howard Taft vs Woodrow Wilson vs Theodore Roosevelt Clip 1 Clip 2 Clip 3 Clip 4 Clip 5 Clip 6 Clip 7 Clip 8 Clip 9 Clip 10 Clip 11 ...

McKinley was assassinated in 1901 (making his vice president, Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th president of the U.S.) and the nation saw much lower tariffs until Trump was elected to office in 2016.