Today’s GOP could do worse than to study the career of Theodore Roosevelt’s less flashy predecessor, William McKinley.

President William McKinley selected Theodore Roosevelt as his running mate; “Teddy” would succeed him when he was assassinated. By Andrew Glass 11/06/2018 12:08 AM EST.

McKinley was silent concerning Roosevelt's hesitation, said an area historian, the late Richard L. McElroy, in his book, “William McKinley and Our America,” published in 1996.

From the moment he raced down to assume the presidency from a mountain peak, Theodore Roosevelt held the national stage, reminding his colleagues, just 24 hours after McKinley expired, “I am ...

On this day in 1858, Theodore Roosevelt — the nation’s 26th president — was born in New York City. ... In 1901, when President William McKinley was assassinated, Roosevelt became, ...

Theodore Roosevelt. After William McKinley's assassination, Theodore Roosevelt arrives in Washington in 1901 as the youngest president of the United States.

Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States ... 1901, following the assassination of William McKinley; re-elected in 1904 (1901–1909). Nobel Peace Prize (1906).

Trump referenced only two presidents in that inaugural address: William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. There is something ominous in these choices: ...

On Sept. 14, 1901, President William McKinley died in Buffalo and shortly after Theodore Roosevelt took the oath of office for president.

This proclamation was issued by Theodore Roosevelt just weeks after President William McKinley died, on Sept. 14, 1901, of wounds inflicted by an assassin a week earlier.

Roosevelt served as President William McKinley's assistant secretary of the U.S. Navy, ... Jaimie Orr teaches a National War College class on Theodore Roosevelt as a strategic leader.