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When William McKinley Head was born on 18 January 1898, in Winston, Alabama, United States, his father, James Madison Head, was 27 and his mother, Lucy Jane Ingle, was 19. He married Martha L Cagle in 1921, in Alabama, United States. He lived in Walker, Alabama, United States in 1935 and Election Precinct 34 Shackelford, Walker, Alabama, United States in 1940. He died on 16 May 1957, in Alabama, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Nauvoo, Walker, Alabama, United States.
President William McKinley
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William McKinley (1843 – 1901) was the 25th President of the United States, serving until his assassination. McKinley led the nation to victory in the Spanish–American War, raised protective tariffs to promote American industry, and maintained the nation on the gold standard in a rejection of inflationary proposals.
Historians regard McKinley's 1896 victory as a realigning election, in which the political stalemate of the post-Civil War era gave way to the Republican-dominated Fourth Party System, which began with the Progressive Era. McKinley defeated Bryan again in the 1900 presidential election, in a campaign focused on imperialism, protectionism, and free silver. However, his legacy was quickly cut short when a successful assassination was carried out on September 6, 1901 by Leon Czolgosz, a second-generation Polish-American with anarchist leanings, and he was succeeded by Vice President Theodore Roosevelt. As an innovator of American interventionism and pro-business sentiment, McKinley's presidency is generally considered above average, though his universally positive public perception was soon overshadowed by Roosevelt.
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War on Terror
- President William McKinley is first mentioned when Terrence Meyers explains that the Canadian government is in talks with the Americans over a visit to Canada by President William McKinley. They believe that the Americans aren't convinced that Canadian standards over law and order don't exactly meet theirs, and they were worried about the possible terror attacks in Canada.
The Spy Who Came Up to the Cold
- President William McKinley appears for the first time, alive and greeting an assembled crowd, just prior to his assassination.
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Winston Churchill
British statesman and author (1874–1965)
"Churchill" redirects here. For other uses, see Churchill (disambiguation) and Winston Churchill (disambiguation).
The Right Honourable Sir Winston Churchill KG OM CH TD DL FRS RA | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Roaring Lion, 1941 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 26 October 1951 – 5 April 1955 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Deputy | Anthony Eden | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Clement Attlee | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Anthony Eden | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 10 May 1940 – 26 July 1945 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Monarch | George VI | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deputy | Clement Attlee (de facto; 1942–1945) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Neville Chamberlain | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Clement Attlee | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874-11-30)30 November 1874 Blenheim, Oxfordshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 24 January 1965(1965-01-24) (aged 90) London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Resting place | St Martin's Church, Bladon, Oxfordshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Conservative(1900–1904, 1924–1964) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other political affiliations | Liberal (1904–1924) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Children | 5, including Diana, Randolph, Sarah and Mary | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years of service | 1893–1924 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Commands | 6th bn, Royal Scots Fusiliers | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman, military officer, and writer who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 (during th Sir Winston Churchill was born 150 years ago, on November 30, 1874, at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire. Best known as the inspirational British Prime Minister that steered the country through World War II, Churchill enjoyed an exceptionally long career as a statesman and politician lasting over six decades. During that time, he had meaningful contact with 11 different American presidents, an extraordinary number which serves as a testament to the longevity of his influence on the world stage. Churchill is usually characterized as being so quintessentially British that it is easy to forget his mother, Jennie, hailed from the USA. Travelling by steamship to New York, he made the first of his 16 visits to America in late 1895, shortly before his 21st birthday. The young Churchill was impressed by what he discovered, writing to his brother: “This is a very great country…Not pretty or romantic but great and utilitarian”. He returned to North America five years later, not long after having been elected to the UK Parliament for the first time. Churchill embarked on a lucrative lecture tour of Canada and the eastern United States to promote his latest book, during the course of which he visited Washington, D.C. and here he had his first personal encounter with a US President. Senator Chauncey DePew, an old friend of his American maternal grandfather, took him to the White House to be introduced briefly to William McKinley. Churchill later wrote to his mother that he had been “considerably impressed” by the President. McKinley was assassinated the following September and was succeeded by Theodore Roosevelt, whom Churchill had met the previous year in Albany. The then-vice president-elect Roosevelt had personally invited the British visitor to dine with him, but it seems his opinion of Churchill was ambivalent. He subsequently told a friend: “I saw the Englishman, Winston Churchill, here and although he is not an att Churchill and the Presidents: An Enduring Alliance