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  • President McKinley born

    25th President William McKinley is born in Niles, Ohio. Fighting in the 23rd Ohio Infantry, McKinley earned a battlefield officer's commission during the Civil War, and later entered Ohio politics. McKinley was first elected president in 1896, re-elected in 1900, and was assassinated by Leon Czolgosz in Buffalo in 1901. 

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  • Kansas enters the Union

    Kansas enters the Union as a free state following six years of fighting between violence between abolitionist Free-Staters and "Border Ruffians" from Missouri and Arkansas. Following a serious of partisan attacks, the abolitionists drafted the Wyandotte Constitution in 1859, securing Kansas' admission as a free state.

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