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William McKinley, Jr. was the 25th President of the United States, serving between 1897 and 1901. He was born in 1843 in Ohio. McKinley briefly attended Allegheny College, and was teaching in a country school when the Civil War broke out. He enlisted as a private in the Union Army. After the war he studied law and opened his own office. He married Ida Saxton, the daughter of a local banker.
威廉·麥金萊是美國第25任總統，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，內戰爆發時，他正在一所鄉村學校教書。之后應征參加聯合部隊，成為了一名列兵。戰爭之后，他學習法律，并開設了自己的辦公室。之后與當地銀行家的女兒-愛達·薩克斯頓結婚。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 appointed to 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 of the 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 of the 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 States destroyed 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。他的重點放在了恢復美國經濟，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，麥金萊還注重了外交政策，在百天戰爭中，美國在古巴的圣地亞哥海灣重創了西班牙艦隊，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 public in 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 have fought 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戰的美國總統，隨后，副總統西奧多·羅斯福擔任了他的職務。
譯文屬可可英語原創，未經允許，不得轉載。
