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Leon Czolgosz was communist but also an extremist. Other communists in America felt like he wasn't a true communist because he was so out there and radical. To prove he was with/ not against communism, he shot William McKinley.
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ProfessorLeon Czolgosz was communist but also an extremist. Other communists in America felt like he wasn't a true communist because he was so out there and radical. To prove he was with/ not against communism, he shot William McKinley.
Leon Czolgosz, (1873-1901) was well-known as a radical anarchist, and most people avoided him whenever possible. Even other anarchists had little to do with him, deciding he was a dangerous crank and a possible spy or police agent.
At midday, September 6, 1901, Czolgosz approached President McKinley at the Pan-American Expo in Buffalo, NY, one hand wrapped in a bandage. When a few feet from the President, the bandage came off to reveal a pistol. Two shots were fired. The first hit a button on the President's coat, but the second struck the President and Czolgosz was subdued immediately and arrested.
Eight days later the President died and Czolgosz's charges were upgraded to murder. He died by electric chair, a somewhat new form of execution, and then sulfuric acid was pored over his body as it lay in the coffin. The acid was supposed to take care of what remained of Czolgosz within 12 hours.
After McKinley's death, new President Teddy Roosevelt ordered the US Secret Service to take full responsiblity for guarding the chief executive.
Interesting fact:McKinley was another victim of what was called Techumsa's Curse. A Native American curse that says every US president elected in a year that ended in a zero would die in office. Whether you believe it or not, the curse ran from Lincoln until Reagan in 1980. Reagan survived his wounds and seems to have broken the curse. The odds of this being a coincindent are astronomical.
Czolgosz was an anarchist. He subscribed to an international movement that arose around the beginning of the 20th century. Anarchists believed that all government was repressive and should be eliminated. Czolgosz thought he was making the world a better place by striking his blow against government.
See the related link for more information about the anarchists.
-He believed the President was too pro-business.
Czolgosz believed that McKinley misused his power.
Czolgosz believed that McKinley was corrupt.
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Who was the 25 president that was assassinated?
William McKinley was the 25th president to be assassinated.
Who killed the 4 us presidents?
In 1865, John Wilkes Booth assassinated Abraham Lincoln. In 1881, Charles J Guiteau assassinated James A. Garfield. In 1901, Leon Frank Czolgosz assassinated William McKinley. In 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald assassinated John F. Kennedy.
How do pronounce Leon Czolgosz?
His last name is pronounced "Cho-gus."
Which one of the following men assassinated an American president?
Can you be more specific? Robert Todd Lincoln was present or arrived on the scene moments after three separate assasinations. The first being his father's Abraham. He then witnessed Garfield's twenty years later and was on hand when Mckinley was shot
Which presidents were killed in office?
To date, eight US presidents have died in office, but not all were killed. Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, William McKinley, and John F. Kennedy were all assassinated. William Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Warren Harding, and Franklin Roosevelt all died of illness or other health issues.
