President McKinley Was shot by a lone gunman name Lee who was an anarchist who blamed McKinley and us capitalist system for his economic problems on September 6, 1901 McKinley was in Buffalo New York at the Pan-American in a receiving line when a man carrying a hidden handgun walk in a shot him twice but the doctor's only found one bullet the other bullet was left in it caused Gang Greene killing Mckinley 8 days later McKinley was dead McKinley 6.8 1900 election Chapter one Killing McKinley William McKinley Rapid economic growth marked McKinley's presidency. William McKinley at age 15 William McKinley, Jr., was born in 1843 in Niles, Ohio, the seventh child of William and Nancy (Allison) McKinley. 1]There, the elder McKinley was born in Pine Township. 1]The McKinley household was, like many from Ohio's Western Reserve, steeped in Whiggish and abolitionist sentiment. 4]Civil War 43] When McKinley ran for re-election in 1871, the Democrats nominated William A. Lynch, a prominent local lawyer, and McKinley was defeated by 143 votes. 43] The Ohio Republican party remained divided, but McKinley quietly arranged for Foraker to nominate him at the 1891 state Republican convention, which chose McKinley by acclamation. With party peace in Ohio assured, McKinley turned to the national arena. 81] McKinley's close friend and adviser, Mark Hanna. McKinley's 'Front Porch Campaign' became a legend in American political history." 98] 187] McKinley toured the South in late 1898, hoping for sectional reconciliation. Main article: List of federal judges appointed by William McKinley 1900 election Assassination of William McKinley Artist's conception of the shooting of McKinley At 2:15 a.m. on September 14, 1901, President McKinley died. 220]McKinley's tomb in Canton McKinley on the $500 bill. McKinley's biographer, H. Wayne Morgan remarks that McKinley died the most beloved president in history. 233]The new president made little effort to secure the trade reciprocity McKinley had intended his cabinet to negotiate with other nations. President McKinley and at far left: William McKinley.