William McKinley Finish:none 25th November 1967

25th November 1967

Aftermath of a duel

and 'Bignonia arbor pentaphylla flore roseo majore siliquis planis'

Long inscription containing the subject's honours and offices

The sitter holds his right hand to his chest

William McKinley Finish:none 25th November 1967William McKinley, 25th President of the United States, 19th century. McKinley (1843 1901) was born in Niles, Ohio. He became a lawyer and, in 1877, entered Congress as a Republican, becoming a leading tarriff expert. Elected President in 1896 and for a second term four years later, he was shot by an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz, at the Pan American Exhibition in Buffalo, on 6th September 1901 and died on 14th September.