On Sept. 14, 1901, President William McKinley died in Buffalo and shortly after Theodore Roosevelt took the oath of office for president.

Today’s GOP could do worse than to study the career of Theodore Roosevelt’s less flashy predecessor, William McKinley.

President William McKinley selected Theodore Roosevelt as his running mate; “Teddy” would succeed him when he was assassinated. By Andrew Glass 11/06/2018 12:08 AM EST.

Theodore Roosevelt, ... 1901, following the assassination of William McKinley; re-elected in 1904 ... he announced the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, ...

With characteristic fervor, Theodore Roosevelt stumped for William McKinley during the Presidential campaign of 1900. (Brown Brothers/AP) The early 1900s were a moment of dramatic change in ...

• After stints as assistant secretary of the Navy, leader of the Rough Riders during the Spanish-American War, and governor of New York, Roosevelt served as vice president under William McKinley.

• After stints as assistant secretary of the Navy, leader of the Rough Riders during the Spanish-American War, and governor of New York, Roosevelt served as vice president under William McKinley.

McKinley was silent concerning Roosevelt's hesitation, said an area historian, the late Richard L. McElroy, in his book, “William McKinley and Our America,” published in 1996.

Roosevelt served as President William McKinley's assistant secretary of the U.S. Navy, ... Jaimie Orr teaches a National War College class on Theodore Roosevelt as a strategic leader.

This proclamation was issued by Theodore Roosevelt just weeks after President William McKinley died, on Sept. 14, 1901, of wounds inflicted by an assassin a week earlier. In the week after the ...

On this day in 1858, Theodore Roosevelt — the nation’s 26th president — was born in New York City. ... In 1901, when President William McKinley was assassinated, Roosevelt became, ...

Once just a heartbeat away from the presidency, Theodore Roosevelt assumed the Oval Office followingthe assassinationof William McKinley in 1901. His time as presidentcame only after decadesof ...