McKinley Shot (1901)

This Day in Esoteric Political History

Jody Avirgan & Radiotopia

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🗓️ 7 September 2021

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

It’s September 7th. This day in 1901, President William McKinley is in Buffalo, NY when he is shot twice in the chest. He would succumb to the injury a few weeks later.

Jody, Niki, and Kellie discuss McKinley’s assassination and how it came at a moment when the nature of the presidency and American politics were shifting radically.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to this day in esoteric political history from radiotopia.
0:07.0	My name is Jody Avergan.
0:10.0	This day, September 7, 1901 at the Pan American Exhibition in Buffalo, New York, President
0:18.1	William McKinley shaking hands with people in the crowd when a 28- old man named Leon Sholgosh fires two shots into his
0:27.0	chest.
0:28.0	McKinley rose slightly on his toes before collapsing forward saying,
0:31.0	Be careful how you tell my wife.
0:33.8	He collapsed and was rushed to a hospital.
0:35.8	It would be over a week before McKinley would finally succumb to his injuries in the hospital.
0:41.2	It looked like he would recover and then he worsened and eventually he did die
0:44.7	the third US president to be assassinated there's Lincoln and Garfield and McKinley
0:50.6	Nicky Kelly of the four presidents assassinated in US history is McKinley the most
0:54.1	overlooked what do we think? I might give that to Garfield actually I don't know
1:00.3	I think for Garfield and McKinley I don't think people dwell a lot on either
1:04.6	Garfield because people forget he was president like I don't think he even pops up in people's minds
1:10.7	but McKinley's definitely a close second.
1:13.4	All right, well those voices are of course
1:15.6	Nicole Hammer of Columbia and Kelly Carter Jackson of Wellesley
1:18.2	and we are here to talk about the McKinley assassination.
1:21.0	Hello there.
1:21.9	Hello Jody. Hey there. Hello there. Hello Jody.
1:23.0	Hey there.
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