Assassination of William McKinley

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Assassination_of_William_McKinley
GPTKB entity
Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:murder
gptkbp:arrested gptkb:Leon_Czolgosz
gptkbp:consequence Theodore Roosevelt became President of the United States
gptkbp:date September 6, 1901
gptkbp:date_of_death_of_victim September 14, 1901
gptkbp:event gptkb:Pan-American_Exposition
gptkbp:execution_of_perpetrator October 29, 1901
gptkbp:historicalSignificance led to increased security for U.S. presidents
marked the third assassination of a U.S. president
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Assassination of William McKinley
gptkbp:location gptkb:Temple_of_Music,_Pan-American_Exposition,_Buffalo,_New_York,_United_States
gptkbp:mediaCoverage extensive national and international attention
gptkbp:motive anarchism
gptkbp:perpetrator gptkb:Leon_Czolgosz
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Assassination_of_James_A._Garfield
gptkbp:relatedOrganization Secret Service (took on presidential protection after event)
gptkbp:result death of William McKinley
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Assassination_of_John_F._Kennedy
gptkbp:trial_of_perpetrator gptkb:Leon_Czolgosz
gptkbp:victim gptkb:William_McKinley
gptkbp:weapon gptkb:Iver_Johnson_.32_caliber_revolver
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Pan-American_Exposition_1901
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5