William McKinley, 25th President. President from 1897– 1901
Had a pet parrot that he named Washington Post.
"Wobbly Willie" was the nickname of William McKinley
First president to ride in an automobile.
First president to campaign by telephone.
The third president to die from an assassin’s wound. He was shot during the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, NY. He died of his wounds about a week later.
When he saw his assassin being beaten by his guards, the dying William McKinley cried out, "Don’t let them hurt him".