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Execution of Leon Czolgosz, assassin of President McKinley

Leon Czolgosz, who had assassinated President William McKinley in September, was executed by electric chair at Auburn Prison on October 29, 1901.

Execution of Leon Czolgosz, assassin of President McKinley

The execution brought legal closure to McKinley’s assassination during Theodore Roosevelt’s early presidency and marked a national moment of reckoning over political violence and security for public officials.

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