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Leon Czolgosz
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American laborer and assassin (1873–1901)
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1873-05-05 ) May 5, 1873, Detroit , Michigan, U.S.
- Died
- October 29, 1901 (1901-10-29) (aged 28), Auburn Prison , New York, U.S.
- Other name
- Fred C. Nieman
- Occupation
- Wireworker
- Criminal status
- Executed by electrocution
- Motive
- To advance anarchism
- Conviction
- First degree murder
- Criminal penalty
- Death
- Victims
- William McKinley
- Date
- September 6, 1901 (died September 14, 1901)
- Locations
- Temple of Music on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York , U.S.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Frank
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Detroit
- Place of death
- Auburn
- Image
- Leon Czolgosz ca 1900.jpg
- Convicted of
- murder
- Significant event
- assassination of William McKinley
- Political ideology
- anarchism
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- Commons category
- Leon Czolgosz
- date of death
- 1901-10-29
- date of birth
- 1873-05-00
- manner of death
- capital punishment
- Commons Creator page
- Leon Czolgosz
- pseudonym
- Fred Nieman
- cause of death
- electrocution
- influenced by
- Emma Goldman
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Encyclopedic overview
Leon Frank Czolgosz (/ˈtʃɒlɡɒʃ/ CHOL-gosh; Polish: [ˈlɛɔn ˈt͡ʂɔwɡɔʂ]; May 5, 1873 – October 29, 1901) was an American wireworker and anarchist who assassinated United States president William McKinley in 1901. Czolgosz had lost his job during the economic Panic of 1893 and turned to anarchism. He regarded McKinley as a symbol of oppression and believed that it was his duty as an anarchist to assassinate him. Czolgosz shot McKinley in Buffalo, New York, on September 6, 1901, and was immediately arrested. McKinley died on September 14 after his wound became infected. A month later, Czolgosz was convicted of first degree murder and was sentenced to death. He was executed by the electric chair on October 29.
Early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Leon Czolgosz” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.