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Leon Czolgosz sentenced to death for assassinating President McKinley

A Buffalo court sentenced Leon Czolgosz to death after his conviction for the assassination of President William McKinley.

The sentencing brought a legal resolution to the assassination that precipitated Theodore Roosevelt's sudden accession and shaped the national atmosphere during the early days of his presidency.

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