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Leon Czolgosz convicted of assassinating President William McKinley

A Buffalo jury found Leon Czolgosz guilty of murdering President William McKinley at the Pan‑American Exposition.

Leon Czolgosz convicted of assassinating President William McKinley

The conviction concluded the criminal case arising from McKinley’s assassination and set the stage for his execution, closing a national crisis that had just elevated Theodore Roosevelt to the presidency.

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