This President's first Secretary of State was an increasingly senile man served by the deaf Alvey Adee. Boss Thomas Platt pressured this man to accept a running mate in one election. A subordinate once cracked this man had the "backbone of a chocolate éclair." He was mocked by an ambassador in the "De Lome Letter," and his wife was an epileptic named Ida. This (*) Ohio pol
This President's first Secretary of State was an increasingly senile man served by the deaf Alvey Adee. Boss Thomas Platt pressured this man to accept a running mate in one election. A subordinate once cracked this man had the "backbone of a chocolate éclair." He was mocked by an ambassador in the "De Lome Letter," and his wife was an epileptic named Ida. This (*) Ohio politician was the namesake of a high tariff repealed by the Wilson-Gorman Tariff. Under the guidance of Mark Hanna, he won the presidency using a front porch campaign. This President led the U.S. into war shortly after an explosion on board the USS Maine. For 10 points, name this President during the Spanish-American War, who was killed by an anarchist in 1901.
This President's first Secretary of State was an increasingly senile man served by the deaf Alvey Adee.
William McKinley