President William McKinley was shot by Leon Czolgosz, an anarchist, at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York, on September 6, 1901. McKinley died eight days later from his wounds, making him the third U.S. president to be assassinated. Vice President Theodore Roosevelt succeeded him.
The shooting occurred as McKinley greeted visitors at the exposition. Czolgosz, who claimed anarchist motivations, fired two shots at close range. The assassination shocked the nation and intensified scrutiny of anarchist movements in the United States during that era.
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