Does anyone know something interesting about william mckinley?
(The source cited below includes an autopsy report, too.) – As a boy, McKinley almost drowned in Mosquito Creek in Niles, Ohio. – McKinley was supposedly the inspiration for the Wizard of Oz in The Wizard of Oz. – McKinley’s portrait appeared on the U.S. $500 bill from 1928 to 1946. – McKinley had a pet parrot named “Washington Post”. – At his inauguration, the only item of jewelry McKinley wore was his Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity badge. – McKinley was the first President to use the telephone for campaign purposes – McKinley’s favorite plays were those by Shakespeare, and Rip Van Winkle. Pres. McKinley was assassinated (He actually died about 8 days later.) at the Pan American Exposition in 1901. Here is an interesting fact for you. (see below) “The newly-developed X-ray machine was displayed at the fair, but no one thought to use it on McKinley to search for the bullet, which may have saved his life. Also, ironically, the operating room at the exposition’s emergency hospital did no
