Mass Comm 103: Prof. Craig: Presidents Into 20th Century 

Presidents Into 20th Century

Grover Cleveland	Benjamin Harrison	William McKinley	Theodore Roosevelt

Notable Facts:

• Cleveland only president elected to two noncontiguous terms
• Election of 1888 was closest in American history at the time
• Harrison was nephew of William Henry Harrison
• Cleveland was beset by illegitimate child rumors
• McKinley widely accused of being puppet of large corporations
• McKinley was third president assassinated (after Lincoln, Garfield) 
• Roosevelt was hero in Spanish-American War
• Roosevelt selected for vice-presidential slot to counter McKinley's big-business image
• Taking office upon McKinley's assassination, Roosevelt youngest to serve as president (age 42)