PRESIDENT WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1843

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William McKinley (January 29, 1843 – September 14, 1901)

On January 29, 1843, William McKinley, who will become the
25th American president and the first to ride in an automobile, 
was born in Niles,
Ohio. McKinley served in the White House
from 1897 to
1901, a time when the American automotive
industry was in its  infancy. During his presidency, McKinley
(who died from an assassin’s bullet in September 1901) took
a drive in a Stanley Steamer (below), a steam-engine-powered
auto built in the late
1890s by Francis and Freelan Stanley. The
Stanley Motor Carriage
brothers Company produced a number
of steam-powered vehicles before going out of business in the
early 1920s, after being unable
to compete with the rise of less
expensive gas-powered cars.

 

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The Stanley Motor Carriage Company was an American manufacturer
of
steam cars; it operated from 1902 to 1924. The cars made by the company were colloquially called Stanley Steamers, although
several different models were produced.

Francis Edgar Stanley c1882.jpg 
Twins
Francis E. Stanley
  
(1849–1918)

 

Freelan Oscar Stanley circa 1910.jpg
Freelan O. Stanley
(1849–1940)


 

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