McKinley at Home, Canton, Ohio

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McKinley at Home, Canton, Ohio

Produced by	American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
Starring	William McKinley Ida Saxton McKinley George Cortelyou
Release date	September 1896 (1896-09)
Country	United States
Languages	Silent film English intertitles

McKinley at Home, Canton, Ohio aka William McKinley at Canton, Ohio is a silent film reenactment of William McKinley receiving the Republican nomination for President of the United States in September 1896. The actual nomination had been several weeks earlier. McKinley is shown emerging from his house to receive the news from his secretary George Cortelyou. His wife Ida can be seen in a rocking chair on the porch. McKinley is seen removing his hat and wiping his forehead with a handkerchief after receiving the news. It was filmed by a two-man crew for American Mutoscope and Biograph Company on 68 mm film, 60.02 m in length. McKinley's brother Abner and former US president Benjamin Harrison were stockholders in the film company.

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v t e William McKinley
25th President of the United States (1897–1901) 39th Governor of Ohio (1892–1896)
Life	23rd Ohio Infantry Regiment Battle of South Mountain Coal miners' strike of 1873 1888 Republican National Convention McKinley Tariff 1896 United States presidential election William McKinley 1896 presidential campaign 1896 Republican National Convention Front porch campaign
Presidency (timeline)	First inauguration of William McKinley Spanish–American War Philippine–American War Treaty of Paris (1898) Newlands Resolution Open Door Policy China Relief Expedition Hay–Pauncefote Treaty Dingley Act Erdman Act Forest Service Organic Administration Act of 1897 Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 Refuse Act Lacey Act of 1900 Gold Standard Act 1900 United States presidential election 1900 Republican National Convention Second inauguration of William McKinley Pan-American Exposition Assassination of William McKinley
Public image	McKinley at Home, Canton, Ohio McKinley National Memorial William McKinley Presidential Library and Museum National McKinley Birthplace Memorial McKinley Birthplace Home and Research Center William McKinley Memorial McKinley Birthplace Memorial gold dollar William McKinley Monument Statues Canton, Ohio Chicago
Family	Ida Saxton McKinley (wife) William McKinley Sr. (father)
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