William McKinley



William McKinley was the 25th President of the United States of America. He was not friendly and he did not like to talk, yet he numbers among America's greatest patriots. He committed the U.S. to a glorious war against Spain to liberate Cuba (fine way of repaying us, Castro!) and the Philippines (also known as Japan's Mexico), which we won, of course. U.S.A.! U.S.A.! U.S.A.!

Tragically, McKinley was wounded in action during the Philippines campaign. He was rushed back to Washington D.C., where he expired on the steps of the Capitol wrapped in an American flag. His vice president, Theodore Roosevelt, succeeded him in office.