Something about the lives of the leaders in this administration is worth recording.
iam McKinley is 54 years old, a lifelong resident of the state of Ohio. Born into a family fairly prosperous, he had some advantages of education, though he had scarcely finished his schooling when the Civil War broke out in 1861. He enlisted as a private soldier and rose by merit to the rank of major. At the close of the war he studied law and rapidly gained distinction. He was elected to Congress in 1876 and served, with the break of but tone term, continuously until 1891, being best remembered by the authorship of the McKinley tariff of 1890. In 1889 he was a candidate for Speaker of the House, but was defeated by Thomas B. Reed, the present incumbent. In 1891 he was nominated for Governor of Ohio and was triumphantly installed, being re-elected by tremendous majority in 1893 upon the expiration of his first term. He was first mentioned for the Presidency in the Convention of 1888, but declined to permit his name to be used. In 1892 his support was stronger, although not yet of great proportions, but in 1896 he had practically no "opposition.
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