President McKinley Taking the Oath (Edison, 1901)

The devil's hexagram, I see.

Fuck yeah brother!

phoneix91: Sound tracks to accompany motion picture film were still more than 25 years in the future. That's why there's no "actual sound." You'll just have to rely on imagination.

I was but a young chap, but I was there, too.
When McKinley said "Don't let them hurt him," I was one of "them". =)

BSN. For real.

If it's any consolation, Leon Czolgosz was electrocized in the chair in October 1901. ;)

If McKinley had had access to modern medical care, he most likely would have survived. They never got the bullet that went in his abdomen, but after they operated, he appeared to be recovering...but the gangrene was taking over inside...

As for the concert...I guess despick93 was referring to the fact that he was at the Temple of Music when he was shot (and I don't believe Russell Simmons was promoting any of the musical acts there, so the shooting really WAS unexpected).

McKinley was a very sexy president

This is interesting footage from March 4, 1901. For the record, McKinley was shot September 6, 1901 in Buffalo, NY and died September 14. Lincoln was shot April 14, 1865 in Ford's Theatre in Washington and died April 15. Garfield was shot July 2, 1881 in a Washington train station and died September 19. I recommend visiting the McKinley Memorial and Museum in Canton, OH.

Actually, I'm not sure the line of succession existed at the time.

It's a creature of the Twentieth Amendment, isn't it?