Note: This is just one of
1,325
family groupings listed on
The Political Graveyard web site.
These families each have three or more politician members,
all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.
These groupings — even the names of the groupings,
and the areas of main activity — are the
result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,
not the choices of any historian or genealogist.
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William McKinley Osborne (1842-1902) —
also known as William M. Osborne —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Girard, Trumbull
County, Ohio, April
26, 1842.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Consul General in
London, 1897-1902, died in office 1902.
Died, from Bright's
disease and dropsy,
in Wimbledon, London, England,
April
29, 1902 (age 60 years, 3
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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William McKinley Jr. (1843-1901) —
also known as "Idol of Ohio" —
of Canton, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born in Niles, Trumbull
County, Ohio, January
29, 1843.
Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1877-84, 1885-91 (17th District
1877-79, 16th District 1879-81, 17th District 1881-83, 18th District
1883-84, 20th District 1885-87, 18th District 1887-91); delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1884,
1888;
Governor
of Ohio, 1892-96; President
of the United States, 1897-1901; died in office 1901.
Methodist.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Loyal
Legion; Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic; Knights
of Pythias; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Shot
by the assassin
Leon Czolgosz, at a reception
in the Temple of Music, at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo,
N.Y., September 6, 1901, and died eight days later, in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., September
14, 1901 (age 58 years, 228
days).
Originally entombed at West
Lawn Cemetery, Canton, Ohio; re-entombed in 1907 at McKinley
Monument, Canton, Ohio; statue at Lucas
County Courthouse Grounds, Toledo, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of William McKinley and Nancy Campbell (Allison) McKinley; married to
Ida
Saxton; first cousin of William
McKinley Osborne; fourth cousin once removed of Henry
Prather Fletcher. |
|  | Political family: McKinley
family of Canton, Ohio. |
|  | Cross-reference: Albert
Halstead — Loran
L. Lewis — George
B. Cortelyou — John
Goodnow |
|  | McKinley County,
N.M. is named for him. |
|  | Mount
McKinley (the highest peak in North America, now known by its
traditional name, Denali), in Denali
Borough, Alaska, was named for
him. — McKinley High
School, in Honolulu,
Hawaii, is named for
him. |
|  | Other politicians named for him: William
McKinley Thomas
— William
McKinley Thomas
— William
M. Bell
— William
M. Branch
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|  | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on the U.S. $500 bill in 1928-46. |
|  | Campaign slogan (1896): "The Full
Dinner Pail." |
|  | Campaign slogan (1896): "The Advance
Agent of Prosperity." |
|  | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
|  | Books about William McKinley: Lewis L.
Gould, The
Presidency of William McKinley — Kevin Phillips, William
McKinley — H. Wayne Morgan, William
McKinley and His America — Mike Resnick, ed., Alternate
Presidents [anthology] |
|  | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, October 1901 |
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Ida McKinley (1847-1907) —
also known as Ida Saxton —
Born in Canton, Stark
County, Ohio, June 8,
1847.
First
Lady of the United States, 1897-1901.
Female.
Died in Canton, Stark
County, Ohio, May 26,
1907 (age 59 years, 352
days).
Originally entombed at West
Lawn Cemetery, Canton, Ohio; re-entombed at McKinley
Monument, Canton, Ohio.
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Henry Prather Fletcher (1873-1959) —
also known as Henry P. Fletcher —
of Chambersburg, Franklin
County, Pa.; Greencastle, Franklin
County, Pa.; Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Greencastle, Franklin
County, Pa., April
10, 1873.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
U.S. Minister to Chile, 1909-14; Luxembourg, 1923-24; U.S. Ambassador to Chile, 1914-16; Mexico, 1916-19; Belgium, 1922-24; Italy, 1924-29; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1934-36; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1936
(speaker);
delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, 1940;
member, Arrangements Committee, 1940;
member, Resolutions Committee, 1940;
Parliamentarian, 1952.
Presbyterian.
Died in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., July 10,
1959 (age 86 years, 91
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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