25. William McKinley (1897-1901) — 25. MCKINLEY

OVERVIEW:

BORN:
August 20, 1833;
North Bend, Ohio

DIED:
March 13, 1901 (aged 67);
Indianapolis, Indiana

EDUCATION:
Farmer’s College
Miami University (BA)

SPOUSE:
Caroline Scott (m. 1853; d. 1892)
Mary Scott Lord (m. 1896)

CHILDREN:
Russell
Mary
Elizabeth

POLITICAL PARTY:
Whig (before 1856)
Republican (1856–1901)

HIGHLIGHTS:
1881-1887:
U.S. Senator (R-IN)
1889-1893:
23rd President of the United States

FIRST LADY:

VICE PRESIDENT:

RESOURCES:

Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site
Public Papers (American Presidency Project)
Correspondence with James Blaine
Through the South and West with the President
Speech Archive (Miller Center)
Ohio Memory

White House
The Miller Center (UVA)
Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site
American Presidents: Life Portraits (C-SPAN)
History Channel
Obituary (New York Times)

NOTABLE BOOKS:

**HOOSIER STATESMAN** by Harry J. Sievers

**HOOSIER PRESIDENT** by Harry J. Sievers

1888 ELECTION:

REPUBLICANS:
BENJAMIN HARRISON (PRESIDENT)
LEVI MORTON (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 233 (58.1%)
Popular Vote: 5,449,825 (47.8%)

DEMOCRATS:
GROVER CLEVELAND (PRESIDENT)
ALLEN THURMAN (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 168 (41.9%)
Popular Vote: 5,539,118 (48.6%)

1889 INAUGURATION:

3/4/1889: Chief Justice Melville W. Fuller administering the oath of office to Benjamin Harrison on the east portico of the U.S. Capitol (Library of Congress)

1889 Address (Draft, Transcript)
Library of Congress (1889)
Joint Congressional Committee (1889)

1892 ELECTION:

DEMOCRATS:
GROVER CLEVELAND (PRESIDENT)
ADLAI E. STEVENSON (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 277 (62.4%)
Popular Vote: 5,554,617 (46.0%)

REPUBLICANS:
BENJAMIN HARRISON (PRESIDENT)
WHITELAW REID (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 145 (32.7%)
Popular Vote: 5,186,793 (43.0%)

POPULIST:
JAMES B. WEAVER (PRESIDENT)
JAMES FIELD (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 22 (5.0%)
Popular Vote: 1,029,357 (8.5%)

HARRISON ADMINISTRATION:

President Benjamin Harrison and his Cabinet, ca. 1889 (Currier & Ives/ Library of Congress)

SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE:
Jeremiah M. Rusk (1889–1893)

SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR:
John W. Noble (1889–1893)

ATTORNEY GENERAL:
William H.H. Miller (1889–1893)

SECRETARY OF THE NAVY:
Benjamin F. Tracy (1889–1893)

POSTMASTER GENERAL:
John Wanamaker (1889–1893)

SECRETARY OF STATE:
James G. Blaine (1889–1892)
John W. Foster (1892–1893)

SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY:
William Windom (1889–1891)
Charles W. Foster Jr. (1891–1893)

SECRETARY OF WAR:
Redfield Proctor (1889–1891)
Stephen B. Elkins (1891–1893)

ADVISORS:
Elijah W. Halford

SUPREME COURT NOMINEES:

The Supreme Court on October 13, 1894. Seated, from left: Justices Horace Gray and Stephen J. Field, Chief Justice Melville W. Fuller, and Justices John Marshall Harlan and David J. Brewer; standing from left: Justices Howell E. Jackson, Henry B. Brown, George Shiras, Jr. and Edward Douglass White. (Photo Credit: Clarence Dodge, Supreme Court Collection)

David J. Brewer (1889-1910)
Henry B. Brown (1890-1906)
George Shiras, Jr. (1892-1903)
Howell E. Jackson (1893-1895)

CONGRESS:

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE:
Thomas B. Reed (1889-1891)
Charles F. Crisp (1891-1895)

HISTORIC SITES:

Benjamin_Harrison_Home — The home of Benjamin Harrison in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site (Indiana)