Presidency of William McKinley

Historical Context Essay

Lucas Paul Richert (University of Saskatchewan)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.2.2: American (US) Writing and Culture: The Nineteenth Century, 1783-1900.
Vol. editors: J. Michael Duvall (College of Charleston), Emory Elliott (University of California, Riverside), Stephen E. Meats (Pittsburg State University), Tony Papanikolas (San Jose State University)

Domains

Changes of government, elections and reigns

Dates

Date of occurrence 1897-03-04-1901-09-14

Places

United States (Location)

Resources

Save to Bookshelf

On 14 September 1901, President William McKinley died from an assassin's bullet. The assassin was an anarchist named Leon Czolgosz. Vice-president Roosevelt, at age 43, was the youngest person to assume the office of the presidency. Roosevelt called the presidency his bully pulpit. On the home-front, Roosevelt demonstrated a progressive streak. He established and pursued a policy aimed at breaking up ‘trusts' in American society (namely, large concentrations of economic power). In 1902, for example, the President used the Sherman Antitrust Act to file suit against the Northern Securities Company. Roosevelt also took pains to foster a greater dialogue between labour organizations and those who controlled the means of production. The best example of this was during the 1902 anthracite…

Please log in to consult the article in its entirety. If you are a member (student of staff) of a subscribing institution (see List), you should be able to access the LE on campus directly (without the need to log in), and off-campus either via the institutional log in we offer, or via your institution's remote access facilities, or by creating a personal user account with your institutional email address. If you are not a member of a subscribing institution, you will need to purchase a personal subscription. For more information on how to subscribe as an individual user, please see under Individual Subcriptions.

452 words

Citation: Richert, Lucas Paul. "Presidency of William McKinley". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 October 2008 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=1188, accessed 26 November 2024.]

Presidency of William McKinley

Domains

Dates

Places

Resources

Save this article

Leave Feedback