I say the greatest president is William McKinley. He made us a superpower (with some help of yellow journalism
) McKinley got the U.S. Puerot Rico, the Phillipines, Guam, and countless other islands through the Spanish-American War. He also opened the door with China with his, get this, "Open Door Policy." The U.S. got to dictate who got into China!
McKinley also backed sound money in the form of the Gold Standard. His administration, sometimes known as "The Second Era of Good Feelings", produced a strong economy, after a long ressesion caused by the Panic of 1893. The McKinley Years were the age of Captains of Industry, Ragtime, the Alaska Gold Rush, and the U.S. finaly became the greatest industrial power on Earth (take that England!
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McKinley also treated the presidency with great respect. He always deressed up (wearing a top hat, pinstripe pants, a starched white shirt, a silk tie, a felt over coat, and a red carnation in his lapel!) He was very kind to his wife (Ida Saxton McKinley) for she suffered from epleptic seizures. As Governor of Ohio (1894-1896) he would wave to his wife from his office window at precisely 3 O'Clock in the afternoon. As president, he broke with traditon to have his wife sit by him at state dinners. When she would have a seizure he would simply drop a soft silk napkin over her face, and tell everyone to continue chatting and eating. Some husbands complained McKinley mde them look bad.
When he was shot by Leon Czolgos, a deranged anarchist, at the Temple of Music durring the Pan-American Exposition in Bufffalo, New York, MckInley told the police to not harm his assasin! He also told his personal secretary to, "Be careful how you tell my wife, do be careful."
William McKinely has to be our best U.S
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