Over a century ago, a 32-caliber Iver Johnson revolver was used to shoot President William McKinley twice. The man responsible, Leon Czolgosz, was swiftly brought before the court, arraigned, tried, found guilty, and put to death.
US President McKinley had been serving only six months into his second presidential term when he was struck by two bullets at the temple of music in Buffalo, New York. Leon Czolgosz selected September 6, 1901, as the day he would carry out his assassination attempt against the president. While McKinley was shaking hands at the Pan-American Exposition, Czolgosz fired two shots into the president's stomach.
Leon Czolgosz shot President William McKinley twice.
Facts about William McKinley
The initial gunshot wasn't what killed the president. It was gangrene that set in deep within the wound, causing an infection that went undetected for some time. This infection ultimately claimed his life on September 14, 1901.
His deputy Roosevelt Theodore swiftly succeeded him after that.
At the time of his demise, William McKinley was 58.
Facts about Leon Czolgosz
When he shot the president, Leon Czolgosz was 28 years old.
A steelworker and anarchist who struggled financially, he was found guilty by the State of New York and subsequently executed by electric chair.
Born in 1873 in Alpena, Michigan, Leon Frank was one of 8 children in his family.