On This Day September 6

President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York on September 6, 1901 during a public handshaking reception. The shooter was an anarchist named Leon Czolgosz, who claimed the President committed war crimes in the Philippines and was an enemy of the people.  McKinley's wounds were not properly dressed and he died of gangrene a week later. Polish immigrant Czolgosz was executed in the electric chair.

Artist's conception of the shooting of McKinley

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