1, William McKinley, president at the time, is an important case in point.

2, William McKinley had gone to Buffalo to speak at the Pan American Exposition on September 6, 1901.

3, William McKinley was president. He did not want the United States to become involved.

4, But President William McKinley thought the Philippines were unprepared for independence.

5, U.S. President and New York Life policyowner William Mckinley was assassinated on September 5.

6, It came on September 14, 1901,[http:///william mckinley.html] when a bullet fired by an anarchist ended the life of President William McKinley.

7, He also wanted to usher in a period of prolonged Republican hegemony, much as William McKinley had done for his party in the late 19th century.

8, America's clear and succinct grand strategy, first enunciated by Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt when the U. S. was coming of age as a great power, has been the "open door."

9, This is very reminiscent of the election of 1896, when William McKinley ran against William Jennings Bryan.

10, In 1901 Lincoln was in Buffalo at the Pan-American Exposition, where 25th President William McKinley was assassinated.

11, Nansen became a celebrity the world over, the obsession of swooning ladies, and the toast of dignitaries as varied as Jules Verne and U.S. President William McKinley.

12, And this new power had a president with the political skills to do the job: William McKinley.