Normally, this would not pass as "Dawg-Run-Worthy" news . . . except that a great something-or-other of mine was named after him and the name was passed down to me. Matthew McKinley Linden.
William McKinley is born
On this day in 1843, future President William McKinley is born in Niles, Ohio.
McKinley fought bravely as a Union infantryman in the Civil War and was awarded a battlefield commission by Union officer and fellow future President Rutherford B. Hayes. After the war, McKinley passed the bar and practiced law in Ohio. He served as a member of Congress from 1877 to 1890. His congressional career ended with his conception of the unpopular “McKinley tariff,” which set import tax rates at 50 percent, placing an undue burden on working-class Americans. Despite this setback, McKinley won back public support, becoming governor of Ohio in 1891 and running for the presidency in 1896. The next year, McKinley became America’s 25th president. He was joined in office by Vice President Theodore Roosevelt.
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