William+McKinley+-5th+Hour

William McKinley was born on January 29, 1843 in Niles Ohio. His parent names were William and Nancy Campbell (Alison) McKinley. William McKinley Sr. was bon November 15, 1807 in pine Twp. Mercer Co. Nancy Cambell was born April 22, 1809 in New Lisbon, Ohio. They were married on January 6, 1829. McKinley had eight siblings: Abner Celia McKinley, Abigail Osborn McKinley, Sarah Elizabeth McKinley, Helen Minerva McKinley, James rose McKinley, David Alison McKinley, and Anna McKinley. [|[1]] William McKinley was the 25th president of the United States. He was a the republican candidate for the presidency in 1886 against, democrat, William Jennings (March 19. 1860- July 26. 1925)

Life
William McKinley was born in Niles, [|Ohio], on Jan. 29, 1843. He was educated and later taught school in Ohio. In the [|Civil War] he fought with the Union [|Army]. Discharged with the rank of major, he studied [|law] briefly at the Albany Law School and opened an office in Canton, Ohio, in 1867, simultaneously plunging into [|Republican] politics. William McKinley was the 25th [|President] of the [|United States], and the last veteran of the Civil War to be elected to that office. . [|[2]]