Video: 'Presidents in Our Backyard - William McKinley & Teddy Roosevelt'
(Saturday, September 14, 1901, 3:25 p.m. EST; during the Assassination of William McKinley and the First inauguration of Theodore Roosevelt) — U.S. Vice President Theodore Roosevelt, 42, took the oath of office today as the 26th President of the United States at the home of his friend Ansley Wilcox (641 Delaware Ave.) in Buffalo, New York, some 13 hours after the death of President William McKinley, who was shot by an assassin eight days earlier. Continue reading Theodore Roosevelt becomes youngest president in American history following assassination of William McKinley 120 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 14 1901)