September 14 – Vice President Theodore Roosevelt becomes the 26th president of the United States, upon the death of President William McKinley. September 26 – The body of President Abraham Lincoln is exhumed and reinterred in concrete several feet thick.

William McKinley (January 29, 1843 – September 14, 1901) was the 25th president of the United States, serving from 1897 until his assassination in 1901. A member of the Republican Party, he led a realignment that made Republicans largely dominant in …

May 23, 1903 - The first direct primary system in the United States is begun in the state of Wisconsin. July 26, 1903 - The first cross-country automobile trip in the United States is completed with arrival in New York. The trip had begun in San Francisco on May 23.

March 4, 1901 – President McKinley begins second term; Roosevelt becomes the 25th vice president. September 6, 1901 – McKinley is shot, in Buffalo, New York. Teddy Roosevelt, the Bull Moose, led American progressives in the early 20th century. 1907 – Coal mine explodes in Monongah, West Virginia, killing at least 361.

Mar 2 US Steel Corporation organized under J. P. Morgan, Sr. through merger of Carnegie Steel Company, Federal Steel Company, and National Steel Company. Mar 4 William McKinley inaugurated for his 2nd term as US president; Theodore Roosevelt serves as Vice President; his inaugural address is the first to be published in advance.

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Report Number: Statistical Abstract of the United States: 1901 (Twenty-fourth Number) The Statistical Abstract of the United States, published from 1878 to 2012, is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of …

There were two Presidents in the year 1901. The first was William McKinley. He was the 25th President of the United States. He took office on March 4, 1897 and was assassinated on September 6, 1901. He was then followed by Theodore Roosevelt, who was the 26th President, taking office on September 14, 1901 and leaving office on March 4, 1909.

The United States began to exert its power overseas, extending its influence in the Caribbean and Latin America and protecting its interests in China and the Far East. In this era of political, economic, and population change, American popular culture was going through a period of transformation as well.

Official Title: The Statutes at Large of the United States of America, from December 1899, to March, 1901, and Recent Treaties, Conventions, and Executive Proclamations, and the Concurrent Resolutions of the Two Houses of Congress.