歷屆美國總統(tǒng)介紹:第25任總統(tǒng) 威廉·麥金萊

　　William McKinley, Jr. was the 25th President of theUnited States, serving between 1897 and 1901. Hewas born in 1843 in Ohio. McKinley briefly attendedAllegheny College, and was teaching in a countryschool when the Civil War broke out. He enlisted as aprivate in the Union Army. After the war he studiedlaw and opened his own office. He married IdaSaxton, the daughter of a local banker.

　　威廉·麥金萊是美國第25任總統(tǒng)，任期為1897-1901年。他出生于俄亥俄州。麥金萊曾在阿勒格尼學院學習過一段時間，內(nèi)戰(zhàn)爆發(fā)時，他正在一所鄉(xiāng)村學校教書。之后應征參加聯(lián)合部隊，成為了一名列兵。戰(zhàn)爭之后，他學習法律，并開設(shè)了自己的辦公室。之后與當?shù)劂y行家的女兒-愛達·薩克斯頓結(jié)婚。34歲時，麥金萊獲得了國會議員的席位。

　　At the age of 34, McKinley won a seat in Congress.His attractive personality and quick intelligence enabled him to rise rapidly. He was appointedto the powerful Ways and Means Committee. A colleague recalled that he generally"represented the newer view," and "on the great new questions, he was generally on the side ofthe public and against private interests."

　　他那具有吸引力的性格和聰慧讓他能夠迅速攀升。他被任命為籌款委員會委員。一位同事回憶說：他總會想出一些新思想，并能夠提出一些新穎的問題。他總是站在公眾的一邊，而反對個人利益。

　　He took office in 1897. He focused on restoring prosperity to the country and set the value ofthe dollar against the price of gold. This helped end the gloom following the Panic of 1893.However, foreign policy, dominated McKinley's term and in the 100-day war, the United Statesdestroyed the Spanish fleet outside Santiago harbor in Cuba, seized Manila in the Philippines,and occupied Puerto Rico.

　　1897年，他擔任了美國總統(tǒng)。他的重點放在了恢復美國經(jīng)濟，以及建立金本位制度上。繼1893年恐慌以來，美國再次進入了大繁榮時期。在他的任期內(nèi)，麥金萊還注重了外交政策，在百天戰(zhàn)爭中，美國在古巴的圣地亞哥海灣重創(chuàng)了西班牙艦隊，并奪去了菲律賓的馬尼拉，和波多黎各。

　　In 1900, McKinley won a second term in office. He was shot two times while greeting the publicin Buffalo, New York on September 5, 1901. He asked the crowd not to hurt his assassin,anarchist Leon Czolgosz. McKinley died eight days later. He was the last president to havefought in the American Civil War and was succeeded by his vice president Theodore Roosevelt.

　　1900年，麥金萊連任。1901年9月5日，當麥金萊在紐約布法羅向公眾致敬時，身中兩槍。他要求公眾不要傷害刺客—這位無政府主義者-里昂·喬戈什。八天之后，麥金萊去世。他是最后一位參加過內(nèi)戰(zhàn)的美國總統(tǒng)，隨后，副總統(tǒng)西奧多·羅斯福擔任了他的職務。

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