When Amos C Wylie was born on 26 February 1900, in Michigan, United States, his father, John Bell Wylie, was 49 and his mother, Edith Teresa McKinney, was 38. He died on 2 December 1906, in Watertown Township, Sanilac, Michigan, United States, at the age of 6, and was buried in Watertown, Watertown Township, Sanilac, Michigan, United States.
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President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
After the Assassination of William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt was sworn in as the Twenty-sixth President of the United States. During his first term he didn't have a Vice President but for his second term Charles W. Fairbanks filled the position.
A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.
Scottish: from a Scots pet form of the personal name William .
English: variant of Wiley .
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