William McKinley: Building the American Century

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[@johanramos4023]

Hi Simon! Can you pls. try doing a biographics about Barack Obama

[@jonpitts1978]

@@johanramos4023 omg really obama?? The President who's only achievement was that he was so shitty that he got Trump Elected

[@bothompson-ov6ju]

You should watch the documentary called the Men that Built America because things were terrible for the average person the wealth gap reveling what it is today. Factory strikes were suppressed with guns and there was no accountability for the dangers conditions in factories where workers death rates were off the charts and why was this because of campaign was funded by the 3 richest men in America

[@bothompson-ov6ju]

You got a lot wrong on this one

[@qaaganuuk]

I read one of the William McKinley biographies a year or two ago and I was surprised about how fascinating he was. The way he balanced his political career and caring for his wife was admirable. When he was governor of Ohio, he was known to leave the capitol every day at noon and wave to the second floor window of the building across the street. Ida would be in window waving back to him. Even after being shot, his first care was for them to break the news to Ida gently.

[@PreziesLover327]

Eliot Vestner saved his best for last, writing a promising biography of President McKinley just before the author died in 2020. I just found out today, and the book's title words include Ragtime, Racism and War. I hope to get it sometime.

[@ethanramos4441]

“That’s all a man can hope for during his lifetime - to set an example - and when he is dead, to be an inspiration for history” William McKinley

[@PalmelaHanderson]

The Philippine-American War is something that hardly ever gets brought up in American schools until you hit advanced college history classes. A boiled down version of how things broke down is: Filipinos were already fighting a war of independence with Spain for the last few years. Once war between the United States and Spain broke out, the United States were like "hey, Philippines, we can totally help you fight the Spanish!" The Filipinos were like "totally!" Then the Spanish and Americans basically went behind their backs to broker a secret peace deal, which resulted in the Spanish leaving, the Americans coming in force, and Filipinos going "wait... what?" It would be like if the American Revolution ended with Britain agreeing to pull out their troops only for France to come in and say "actually you belong to us, now."

[@Ruosteinenknight]

Definitely good target for warographics channel. They've already done tour on lesser known but still significant conflicts like Paraguayan war, Ukrainian war of independence and Transnistria war.

[@lipingrahman6648]

I learned about it in 4th grade and the History Channel and I went to a public school in Florida. Most people know this that and the other. It’s just most people don’t care, I certainly didn’t.

[@PalmelaHanderson]

@@lipingrahman6648 Interesting. I went to public school in Oregon and I was also a big history nerd. The Philippine-American War was never even mentioned until I got to college, and even then it was in a fairly advanced class. Though to be fair, American history in general in between the Civil War and WW1 kind of just gets glossed over.

[@lipingrahman6648]

@@PalmelaHanderson I think it varies from state to state, the depth of historical education. Say what you want about how weird Florida is it has a decent enough education system. The state, through grants and scholarships, paid most of my college tuition so I emerged out of school debt free.

[@ImperiumMagistrate]

"Once war between the United States and Spain broke out, the United States were like "hey, Philippines, we can totally help you fight the Spanish!" The Filipinos were like "totally!" Then the Spanish and Americans basically went behind their backs to broker a secret peace deal, which resulted in the Spanish leaving, the Americans coming in force, and Filipinos going "wait... what?" The US involvement in the rebellion was really small. Also McKinley had no plans to take the PI but the diplomats insisted it'd be better to take all of the PI rather than a few bases or islands. Also the claim was made by the President Emilio Aguinaldo that Admirals George Dewey and Spenser Pratt said the US would recognize the new Republic when they never did tell them that and even then they have no authority to recognize a government or not. The US never actually promised to make the PI independent. And the comparison to the Revolutionary war is stupid because France never officially declared war on Britain. The US did with Spain.

[@badluck5647]

Suggestion: Henry Clay He is probably one of the most influential pre-Civil War politicians that few Americans have ever heard of.

[@user-kv2vc3is8h]

Great suggestion. That man was in the middle of a lot of events in the 19th century.

[@badluck5647]

@@user-kv2vc3is8h His cameos keep popping up on Simon's channels

[@ghandibanks]

Agreed. He’s so intertwined with a lot of American history

[@robertortiz-wilson1588]

Clay was brilliant! I loved his American System!

[@sujimtangerines]

Brilliant suggestion. Gonna make one of my own... Maybe 2

[@aaronhurst4379]

Him and his family deserve more recognition as human beings living in the time they did, at least, given their stances on slavery. Very interesting to hear how William specifically went about campaigning by speaking with underrepresented groups too, a true pioneer indeed! Great stuff as always Mr Whistler 🙂

[@ignitionfrn2223]

1:20 - Chapter 1 - The boy and the man 4:35 - Chapter 2 - King of ohio 8:30 - Mid roll ads 9:55 - Chapter 3 - The 1st modern election 13:50 - Chapter 4 - American empire 17:25 - Chapter 5 - Blood in the sand 20:50 - Chapter 6 - Death in buffalo - Chapter 7 - - Chapter 8 -

[@mlas1308]

Thanks

[@PresidentAutumn]

MORE PRESIDENTS! Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, and Thomas Jefferson are severely overdue.

[@diversejoe617]

I was thinking the same thing😭🙏🏾

[@Iamtheliquor]

I think there is a severe lack of other former world leaders at this moment

[@jacobavners2394]

As well as John (NOT Quincy) Adams !

[@loki768]

Especially Andrew Jackson, if only partly to listen to Simon talk about how batshit crazy he was

[@salsanchezi.c.1470]

@@jacobavners2394 John Quincy Adams was better than his Father

[@angelabury1349]

As a lifelong resident of Canton, OH only two things stick out in my mind of President McKinley. All of my grandparents went to the high school named after him. The steps to his monument are where all the older people go to get their exercise, while their grandkids roll down the hill. I've been through the museum more times than I can count yet I never learned much about his presidency. Thank you for enlightenment.

[@aaronhurst4379]

I did wonder whether there was anything named after him in Ohio, thank you

[@runitonce7791]

I’m from Massillon, go tigers! Lol all my family is McKinley bulldogs

[@chrisburnett9905]

I've been to his "museum" two or three times. Very underwhelming. If you want to learn about him from the National Park Service you should go to the First Ladies' National Historic Site as McKinley's home in downtown Canton.

[@zunedude91]

Same. I was watching a few of his videos and I wondered if he had covered McKinley by chance.

[@ljphoenix4341]

The forgotten architect of the American century sounds great, should be included in the video title!

[@williammckinley3564]

Trve!

[@ieuanbriers]

I have to confess, before watching this video, I knew next-to-nothing about McKinley. Apart from him getting shot and TR becoming his successor. This video astounded me. He was a good president, shame that he's now with Taft and Coolidge, in the lost world of good, but forgotten presidents.

[@robertortiz-wilson1588]

Those three being forgotten is indeed a tragedy.

[@PreziesLover327]

I am a Baby Boomer in my 60s, and McKinley and Coolidge, along with JFK, have been my favorite Presidents since I was almost 12!!! It's fascinating that as long as I have known about and admire them that I find facts come out on these video clips that are new to me.

[@Henotlegend]

Grew up in Canton and always went to the McKinley monument and museum. McKinley is for sure one of the most under appreciated presidents.

[@josephlannert969]

This is what I love about this channel, the fact that every person of interest gets every overall aspect of their lives and all of their deeds accounted for, not just the good for some and the bad for others. I consider myself a student of history and yet have learned so much from your videos. Thank you and keep it up

[@grafspe807]

Here in Stark county Ohio we have plenty left of him with a museum , monument and high school (nation ranked football program) in his honor amongst other things

[@ryanf1425]

Nation ranked?

[@grafspe807]

@@ryanf1425 The football team is a historically nationally ranked and recognized program

[@missliss2581able]

I grew up in Mineral Ridge which borders his birthplace of Niles directly to the south. His birthplace on Main Street is a museum and a little bit down the street is the McKinley National Monument which also serves as the local public library. Really popular event spot for weddings and my college graduation was held there. I didn’t realize he wasn’t well remembered until I was an adult, his history and name is *everywhere* here

[@PreziesLover327]

Canton McKinley High School actually should be named for his oldest sister Anna, an outstanding educator who was the first in the McKinley family to live in Canton. A strong woman like her mother, Anna never married but was a respected teacher who served as a grammar school principal.

[@sallycriss353]

@@ryanf1425 "Canton McKinley is 7th in the nation in football wins all-time, with 827 as of December 2017. McKinley is also second in Ohio in win total. Prior to the start of the current playoff format in Ohio high school football, McKinley had won seven AP poll titles. Since the playoff format began, McKinley has won three State Titles, in 1981, 1997, and 1998. They have been State Runner-Up three times in 1977, 1985, and 2004." I live near Canton. The school is very well known nationally for its football program. The NFL Hall of Fame is right next to the school.

[@j.a.weishaupt1748]

Please do one about William of Orange. Any one of them. They all played a major role in history.

[@d.c.8828]

Yes! Definitely a figure that surprisingly doesn't get much attention from KZbin history channels.

[@PHDiaz-vv7yo]

Yes William III. The other William the Conqueror

[@briankdey1746]

Yes

[@yellowstoned5048]

For Ulster!

[@tenthclassgaming]

William of Oranje, the Destroyer of Catholicism.

[@JohnDrummondPhoto]

This has been one of the most enlightening and educational videos I've seen on this channel. Thank you.

[@sdhariwillingham5448]

As a proud resident of ohio would love to hear you do a piece on our unsung hero, the Wright sister and her contributions to her brothers first flight!!

[@sdhariwillingham5448]

I don't have telegram

[@PreziesLover327]

Ida Saxton almost married someone with the surname Wright before she met McKinley, and the irony is that when Wilbur Wright was a toddler, he had newborn twin siblings, a boy, Otis, and a girl who happened to be named Ida. The babies died soon after birth in 187O. a year before Orville was born.

[@bonniesaxton8617]

Thank you for doing a video on William. It brought a better understanding. And the better understand our family I am a cousin of his wife's ,Ida May Saxton, so I

[@PapaTaurean]

I find it funny that he was the inspiration for the Wizard in the Wizard of Oz.

[@bobbiemanueldelapena4997]

Emilio Aguinaldo: Yay! We're free! William McKinley: More like under new management!

[@PreziesLover327]

It is astounding that Emilio Aguinaldo, who was in his early 30s as the flamboyant Filipino leader, survived 2 assassinated Presidents, not only McKinley but even J. F. Kennedy!! Aguinaldo lived all the way to 1964, in his mid 9Os.

[@marksusskind1260]

Well, when Aunt Clara accidentally conjured up Queen Victoria, the Queen, surprised to find herself in America, asked to see President McKinley. At least the Bewitched writers remembered him.

[@PreziesLover327]

Victoria was Queen longer before McKinley was conceived than Elizabeth was before I was conceived. McKinley was about to turn 58 and looking forward to his 2nd term when Victoria died. He did not go to her funeral, as he was recovering from the grippe then.

[@daniellekennedy8118]

President McKinley is one of my personal heroes, not the least for the treatment of his emotionally fragile wife. But an interesting historical trivia about his shooting is that, while the doctors were attempting to save his life, one of the first attempts at air conditioning a room (i.e. cooling the ambient temperature) was attempted. It was very hot in NY in mid September, and it was thought a cooler temperature could help the President recover. Alas, it was not to be.

[@PreziesLover327]

Tom Edison offered the use of an X-Ray which could have helped to find the bullet. But the doctors were afraid to take that chance. What would they have to lose--it might have succeeded in finding that elusive bullet which would have prolonged McKinley's life. If there was air conditioning in the Temple of Music, would that scum Czolgosz have covered his gun-carrying right hand anyway? I wonder.

[@nicolewenzel3643]

As someone that grew up in Stark County, Ohio, we have not forgotten him. He is regarded as a great president and we have all visited his monument and resting place of not only he, but Ada and their daughters. He is remembered here.

[@Iamtheliquor]

Could you do Former British PM William Ewart Gladstone please? The only PM to serve 4 terms and also the oldest PM

[@cynthiaejiogu8442]

He hasn’t done Gladstone I didn’t realize that he needs to do him and I don’t know if he’s done this really I think he did but he needs to do both of them I mean gosh I don’t know if he’s done Prince Albert either he needs to do him

[@Iamtheliquor]

@@cynthiaejiogu8442 Nope they haven’t done him either. They seem too preoccupied with US presidents when there are other world leaders that are more worthy of a Biographics than some of the Presidents.

[@cynthiaejiogu8442]

@@Iamtheliquor I agree to I like the presidents but I am an American with a history degree in Victorian era so yeah there are two of my favorites to hear about

[@Iamtheliquor]

@@cynthiaejiogu8442 yeah its interesting to hear about presidents I’ve never heard of(I’m British btw) but I mean come on Biographics. W.E.G is more than worthy. Plus he was born in my Hometown too

[@jawanauselton9197]

Give the guy a break. These things take time. If you must know all about your favorite dead person, go to your local library and check out several books

[@danielsmith1190]

Do J Edgar Hoover! Also keep up the amazing content buddy!

[@York22]

A criminally underrated president whose legacy is still felt today and one of my favorite presidents.

[@williammckinley3564]

So trve!

[@PreziesLover327]

He would have been an even better president if he had survived the attack on his life. He had big dreams for his 2nd term, such as going down to Cuba, working toward the needed canal route and promoting freer trade worldwide. Although not a big trust buster like TR, he disapproved of trusts but would have taken a less aggressive means of dealing with them.

[@mattthesilent777RED]

So you like war criminals?

[@Beryllahawk]

I really am enjoying these videos on the more obscure American presidents, even with one of my grandfathers being something of a "President nerd" I learn SO much from these!

[@nickpolizzi9612]

We can never forget what McKinley did for America, the memory must be kept alive!

[@jayalon566]

I would love a video on George Dewey, he was the man who led the battle of manilla bay and though being incredibly popular in his day only people with a great knowledge of American naval history know him nowadays.

[@music-iw1ch]

William McKinley was one of the greatest presidents I’ve seen!

[@tailongnguyen1393]

Great video, but I would like to point out a minor mistake here. The picture at 3:17 is not of Rutherford B. Hayes. It is general George Crook who commanded the Army of West Virginia, under whom Hayes served.

[@yankeeintensifies6505]

When you mentioned his commander Rutherford B Hayes you showed a picture of General George Crook. 3:18

[@PreziesLover327]

So true!! I have recently purchased a new old (2000) book on the young Major McKinley, and I recognized that photo in the video as General Crook. Hayes thought so highly of this man he named one of his sons after him.

[@oh.....5075]

Growing up in Canton, Ohio, I've always heard his name uts everywhere, not until I was older. I learned about President McKinley, what a fascinating life and a pretty good president

[@jasonclark7431]

I absolutely love the knowledge that I get from watching these biographics. In learning about people that I did not know about thank you.

[@silverswordstudios7334]

Speaking of Leon Czolgosz... Could you do a Biographics video on Emma Goldman, Enrico Malatesta, Pierre Joseph Proudhon, Bakunin, Kropotkin, or any of the other prominent historical anarchists? Their stories are not only fascinating, but their movements provide an interesting historical contrast to the series of events that are more widely known.

[@d.c.8828]

Seconded!

[@WildFreck]

They are all in hell 👍

[@TheBLGL]

Yes! Emma writes about Czolgosz in her autobiography.

[@jeremylesh7098]

There is one of the largest presidential monuments to McKinley in my hometown, his adopted town of Canton, Ohio. Canton McKinley High School has one of the most successful athletic histories in the country. He's not completely anonymous.

[@alex4863]

I’ve always been curious about this President since a child, thanks Biographic’s this is a gem.

[@twodollarshoe]

Simon, you're the man. Do one of these on William Jennings Bryan please!

[@semiretired86]

the Presidential candidate with the most election loses

[@zinkazoy]

The photograph at 3:20 is not of R.B. Hayes, but of George Crook, a Union general and career soldier

[@dogecoin1692]

Can you believe they botched that? Literally a president

[@davidswift7776]

Upon his struggle wounded situation , McKinley pleaded that his assassin Leon Frank Czolgosz an American steelworker and anarchist not be brutalized. Simply amazing!

[@ananyagudapati8313]

I humbly request you make a video about a Canadian Prime Minister: my favorites are John A. MacDonald, Wilfred Laurier, Robert Borden, William Lyon Mackenzie King, Louis St. Laurent, John Diefenbaker, Lester Pearson, Pierre Trudeau, Brian Mulroney, and Jean Chretien

[@ehrldawg]

1)My grandpas middle name was McKinnely. 2)I think the guy McKinnely sent to command the Phillipine situation was Douglas McCarhters dad.

[@DiracComb.7585]

17:29 Making the mother of all omelets here William, can’t fret over every egg!

[@PreziesLover327]

William Jr.'s mother Nancy was a busy cook making eggs for her children (he's her lucky 7th child).

[@christopherdisorbo4964]

Growing up, I always thought he was more well known than he actually was. Around Buffalo, he has some things named after him and everyone knows that he died here.

[@Sarah_Nade]

There's a statue of McKinley downtown in my hometown of Adams, MA, USA. He signed legislation that make cotton mills a ton of money (it's an old mill town).

[@camilohiche4475]

Biographies that you have criminally overlooked so far: Classical composers: - Ludwig van Beethoven - J.S. Bach - Antonio Vivaldi Gods/iconic figures: - Michael Jackson - Babe Ruth Chess legends: - Gary Kasparov - Bobby Fischer Painters: - Gustav Klimt - Marcel Duchamp Architects/builders: - Gustav Eiffel - Frank Lloyd Wright - Le Corbusier - Antonio Gaudi - Buckminster Fuller Writers: - Léon Tolstoï - Fiodor Dostoïevski - Homer - Sophocles - Victor Hugo - Jules Verne - Jorge Luis Borges - Miguel de Cervantes - John Steinbeck - Dante Alighieri Philosophers/theologists: - René Descartes - Confucius - Emmanuel Kant - John Locke - Voltaire - Jean Calvin Scientists: - Pythagoras - Euclid - Leonardo Fibonacci - Max Planck Dictators: - Nicolae Ceausescu - Manuel Noriega Explorers: - Zheng He - Vasco da Gama - John Cabot - Amerigo Vespucci - Hernán Cortés Other: - Anne Frank - Caterina de' Medici - Cesare Borgia

[@dguy0386]

my Accounting teacher is related to him! it's so cool to get to learn more about presidents with your videos

[@robertortiz-wilson1588]

Incredible job here! Thank you so much!

[@terryanderson8354]

Superb content. Simon and the crew knocked this one out of the park!!

[@SesshaXIII]

"The Great Ohio in the Sky" is the funniest thing I've heard in a long time.

[@fightingfinn1503]

You never leave ohio.

[@mateuszjasinski3702]

There’s a high school, shopping mall and several roads names after McKinley here in Buffalo.

[@hakeemfullerton8645]

Can you please do a video on Frances Perkins, the first female member of a presidential cabinet

[@keningall5404]

Another great story one that captivated me from beginning to end well done

[@missliss2581able]

I grew up just south of Niles in a little town called Mineral Ridge and President McKinley is local superstar legend here lol I said in a reply that I didn’t realize he wasn’t particularly remembered until I was an adult because his name is everywhere here from the main street in Poland being McKinley Way and the public library in Niles being inside the McKinley Memorial.

[@williammckinley3564]

Good video

[@user-zd2si9gy2w]

Happy Birthday, William McKinley

[@baire702]

When anyone made the mistake of calling TR, Teddy, he would scream "outrages impertinence!"

[@PreziesLover327]

TR would snap at his poor 2nd wife Edith if she dared call him Teddy. I read somewhere that he refused to be called Teddy anymore after the double Valentine Day deaths of his 1st wife Alice and his mother in 1884.

[@openeyz]

It's amazing how all the good things a person can do, milestones created, can be erased from memory in one generation.

[@classiccom1953]

Mt. McKinley name erased by Obama in 2016. That should be a clue that McKinley tried to put the brakes on the globalist warmongers and we saw the JFK like result. USA liked war with Catholic countries. He spoke of Christian economy and that USA could be a model for the world. He supported a peace & prosperity joint project uniting the Americas - Canada, USA, Mexico, Central & South America by building a railroad from Russia border of Alaska to Southern tip of South America. Russia failed revolt 1905= War AGAINST Christian peace & joint prosperity. Problem with the Devil's blessing - it leads to hell & is merely temporary. Teddy the animal killing "rough rider" was a globalist media fabricated hero. Same scumbags who ignored McKinley's legacy of caring for his wife & All of the Americas. They also ignored 500 years of peace of no major wars in Catholic South America.

[@JEMCochran49]

Very well done.

[@do-ol2540]

Please do one one on Philippe Pétain!!

[@maxb4074]

He had vision and scope and seems to have been very intelligent.

[@samuelstephen8147]

I have been requesting this for a long time, thank you for this.

[@PokeCastle]

Since we have got a McKinley episode now, can we get Hayes episode as well?

[@d.c.8828]

Or a Leon Czolgosz one!

[@PreziesLover327]

Rutherford Hayes' feet size is definitely a 7, and I think my favorite President McKinley had even smaller feet (6 1/2) than his commanding officer Hayes. I would guess Madison has the smallest feet, with McKinley 2nd and Hayes 3rd.

[@Blackdiamondprod.]

I find The McKinley assassination to be exceptionally sad. Most presidents (even the good ones) were pretty bad people. He stands out as a genuinely kind and nice man who did not deserve his fate.

[@Polandball-rh5hj]

*cough* Philippines *cough*

[@Blackdiamondprod.]

@@Polandball-rh5hj yeah. They did happen.

[@ic8840]

I saw this earlier and have been looking forward to it all day!

[@COBALTCOVERT]

Another Hit from you guys. I know the Romans are painful to cover sometimes, but I'm humbly suggesting Justinian I. He was one of, if not the greatest of the Emperors of the Byzantine Romans. Hell, I'll write the damn thing 🥴

[@economicerudite4924]

I really like Robin Pierson's assessment of Justinian: That Justinian was a great man of history, but not a great emperor. That he often put his own wishes, desires and dreams for what Rome should be over the reality of what Rome could be - an allegoric example being the Hagia Sophia; Justinian wanted to be alive to see it finished so ordered it to be constructed as fast as possible, leading to it being built in only 5 years. It worked out for Justinian that time, but not so much when he drained the resources of the Empire to wage wars of expansion whilst half of his population were dying in ditches in front of him from the plague.

[@gandalfthegrey9816]

Simon, another excellent and interesting video about an often overlooked historical figure. Could you please make a video about my favorite historical figure, Thomas Paine?

[@PreziesLover327]

It so happens that McKinley and Paine had the same birthday--January 29.

[@cantonlowlifemedia]

I'm from Canton, Ohio, USA. The (official)hometown of William McKinley. He's not forgotten around here.

[@prettyfunkgirl]

that camera quality though mr.biographics… very nice!

[@Veesaki]

Brilliant ! 🤗

[@RedBear535]

Buffalo is my hometown and the house where Roosevelt was sworn in was a field trip staple. I think we did it twice.

[@juice8225]

Great information and topic I never knew about. That's why you make such excellent content.

[@kristina4458]

His brother-in-law (George Saxton) was shot and murdered on the front steps of my family home.. people still come by to look around and take pictures 📸

[@paulceglinski3087]

Excellent video again, Simon and team.

[@franciscojose6496]

Good job teacher Good job interesting information now

[@RedX99735]

Abraham Lincoln next please

[@nhlcbj]

I’m from Niles and aside from his memorial library he isn’t very well known. This was very insightful.

[@daehr9399]

You make some very valid points! As an American, my thoughts on McKinley have significantly changed now. I always assumed he was that old guy who died who died of pneumonia.

[@PreziesLover327]

William Henry Harrison, Ben's granddad, died of pneumonia at age 68, the oldest new President until Reagan. McKinley, in office for 4 1/2 years, was the oldest President to be assassinated at only 58.

[@mmilller452]

I would love you to do videos on Grover Cleveland, John Tyler Andrew Johnson and Jefferson Davis

[@Dank-gb6jn]

Humbly requesting George Carlin. A comedian and satirist who oftentimes hit the nail more than just on the head; and whose bits were infinitely more than just satire. The guy was a comedian, satirist, begrudged philosopher, and even the narrative voice of Thomas the Train.

[@MrHalokid21]

George Carlin needs to happen, smartest and greatest orator in American History not only a comedian lol

[@v.emiltheii-nd.8094]

Hope Ceaușescu happens, as well.

[@promxriderfromcanada]

Big up on this one

[@Dank-gb6jn]

@@MrHalokid21 Carlin is one of my all time favorite free speech advocates as well. Second only to Larry Flynt. While I didn’t agree with the latter’s politics, (or a lot of the former’s politics for that matter); I definitely enjoyed the content that they provided; and saw them as beacons for free speech; (despite them both being quite before my time). Carlin, I would posit, is likely the greatest philosopher-comedian that the modern and post-modern era has seen.

[@Dank-gb6jn]

@@v.emiltheii-nd.8094 of course my friend! Historical figures such as he need to be covered in-depth; lest we forget their deeds; good or bad.

[@kendrickoyola4290]

"Semi-educated Ignoramus" sound like an awesome 90s rock band.

[@josephgriffin2388]

Robert McNamara, you need a video on him.

[@pbandj37]

Not forgotten in Hawai'i and Alaska....

[@stephenmarcus9601]

Changing Mt McKinley was shabby of Obama to do. It could have become McKinley-Delani Mountain. Obama was anti Imperialist, a noble ideal, but no assasinationated person should loose a tribute

[@DAnnaHawkinsHensley-kf8nm]

I will visit the William McKinley building during my visit to Washington DC

[@DSS-jj2cw]

We visited Pres. McKinleys grave last year. The stairs up to the mausoleum are not for a person in poor physical shape. The saddest part of his resting place is his small children interned behind him.

[@PreziesLover327]

There ought to be improvements in the monument which McKinley would approve of. It is strange that his wife, despite being an invalid, would approve of such a structure. She might have been duped by the designer and could have decided to have herself and own family buried in a place of respect in Westlawn Cemetery. The children, who died at 3 1/2 years and 4 1/2 months, had nice graves in Westlawn before they were moved to the Monument in 1907.

[@ar198822]

I live in Canton Ohio where his monument is it's a lot of fun to walk the grounds and steps on a nice day

[@daehr9399]

17:51 fun fact: this is why the .45 ACP cartridge was adopted for use by the US Military. Prior to that, at the time, .38 Special was standard issue. The Filipinos would get messed up to psych themselves up for fighting the Americans and the Americans found they'd have to fire several shots to kill. Thus the .45 ACP was (eventually) adopted for use in the M1911, and iconic cartridge and pistol.

[@Clipgatherer]

Many of McKinley’s contemporaries didn’t think very highly of him. One famously said that McKinley had about as much backbone as a chocolate pudding. And, as Simon said in the video, McKinley has been unjustly overshadowed by his more ebullient successor, Teddy Roosevelt.

[@PreziesLover327]

TR was an Assistant Secretary of the Navy when he said in 1897 that the then-new president did not have the backbone of a chocolate eclair. A year later Teddy charged up San Juan Hill, and McKinley had to adapt to the changing foreign policy brought about by U.S. involvement in the Spanish American War.

[@thorpeaaron1110]

Can do a video on John Adams next

[@ronque23]

Wow! Up until now I just thought he was the prez before Teddy Roosevelt. Thanks for his story.

[@TheEvilCommenter]

Good video 👍

[@jamesmartin6050]

Future Video suggestion - Eamon DeValera (1882-1975) - prominent political leader in 20th century Ireland who, after the Irish war of independence from 1919 to 1921, was in the public eye for over forty years from 1922 until his death were he served as head of government (Taoiseach) and head of state (president). He was nearly executed in the Easter Rising in 1916 and was key in putting into place the new constitution on 1937. A very prominent figure in Irish history.

[@romanclay1913]

In 1896 Garrett Hobart was President William McKinley's VP. Teddy Roosevelt wanted to be the 1900 VP candidate. Hobart refused to step aside then died in November 1899, age 55. TR and McKinley were elected November, 1900. McKinley was assassinated September, 1901 and TR became president. McKinley's campaign manager, Senator Mark Hanna, wanted to challenge TR in GOP presidential primaries in 1904. Hanna died February, 1904. TR is re-elected in November, 1904.

[@scronyx]

Interesting to say the least

[@romanclay1913]

@@scronyx Many history books insist TR did not ever want to be VP which TR described as having little, if any, real authority and was adamant that he would "not like to be a figurehead."

[@Urgento22]

can you do a video on James Blue Jean Williams?

[@joshuatrinidad157]

Please do a video about Emilio Aguinaldo the first president of philippines

[@nathanbain1540]

Would love to see a Ragnar Lothbrok biographic!

[@metagothh155]

Pleeeaaase could you do an episode about Jimmy Carter 😢 I’ve been binging the presidents series and it’s just not complete without him 💔

[@ctfamily40]

Why did you put up a picture of General Crook when you mentioned President Hayes?

[@sujimtangerines]

SUGGESTION #2: Henry A. Wallace. Ofttimes I wonder how WW2 (mainly in relation to Japan) would have ended had he succeeded FDR. BUT he was a fascinating figure before and after politics; his contribution to agriculture & farming practices have him still fondly remembered in a few Latin American countries (esp in founding the IICA).