Leon Frank Czolgosz (Polish form: Czołgosz, Polish pronunciation: [ˈt͡ʂɔwɡɔʂ]; May 5 1873 – October 29, 1901; also used surname "Nieman" and variations thereof) was a Polish-American former steel worker responsible for the assassination of U.S. President William McKinley.In the last few years of his life, he claimed to have been heavily influenced by anarchists such as Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman.
Alpena, Michigan, Ohio, or Posen, Michigan, United States
Profession
Ironworker
Nationality
American
Parents
Mary and Paul Czolgosz
Star Sign
Capricorn
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Fact
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Was inspired to shoot President McKinley by Gaetano Bresci who assassinated King Umberto I of Italy. He refused to speak to either of his lawyers during his trial.
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His family moved from Detroit, Michigan, to a small farm near Cleveland, Ohio, in 1881.
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Suffered a nervous breakdown in August of 1898
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Son of Polish immigrants
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Assassinated United States President William McKinley on September 6, 1901
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