Season 1, Episode 25-William McKinley and Niles

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Let’s go visit William McKinley, another Buckeye president and lover of the carnation, born in Niles, Ohio! Probably one of the steadiest of the steady presidents, a kind-hearted man behind a stern exterior, and a bridge between the era of the manager-presidents of the Gilded Age and the dynamic, center of American politics of the 20th century.

The commemoration of his birthsite is very elaborate, and another great story with many twists and turns!

William McKinley Birthplace House website.

William McKinley Birthplace Memorial and Library website.

Cleveland.com article on visiting the McKinley sites in Northeast Ohio.

Be sure to listen to William McKinley’s “Visiting the Presidents” Episode from Season 2, “William McKinley and Canton” on his homes!

Also, be sure to listen to William McKinley’s Visiting the Presidents” Episode from Season 3, “William McKinley’s Tomb” on his gravesite!

From my July 2023 Visit!

From My July 2023 Visit!

From my August 2020 Visit!

From my 2011 Trip to Niles!

William McKinley Birthplace: 33 South Main Street, Niles, Ohio.

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Recommended Reading for William McKinley

Merry, Robert. President McKinley: Architect of the American Century.

Morgan, H. Wayne, William McKinley and His America.

Phillips, Kevin. William McKinley: The American Presidency Series.