In the late summer of 1901, President William McKinley, a 58-year-old male of Scots-Irish and English descent, traveled to Buffalo, New York, to attend the Pan-American Exposition. On September 6th, a day after delivering a speech at the event, the President held a public reception at the Temple of Music on the exposition grounds. Despite the concerns of his staff, McKinley enjoyed interacting with the public and proceeded to shake hands with a long line of well-wishers. It was in this receiving
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