25th President of the United States (1897–1901), who presided over the Spanish-American War and was assassinated in 1901, making Theodore Roosevelt president.
Enacted the Dingley Tariff of 1897 (the highest protective tariff in US history) and led the US through the Spanish-American War, acquiring Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines — establishing American imperial reach in the Caribbean and Pacific.
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