William McKinley was born on January 29, 1843 in Niles, Ohio. William McKinley was the seventh of nine children. His parents, William and Nancy (Allison) McKinley, were of Scots-Irish and English ancestry.[1] When McKinley was nine years old, he moved to Poland, Ohio, where he attended Poland Seminary. He graduated from Poland Seminary and attended Mount Union College, where he was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, and attended Allegheny College for one term in 1860.
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