U.S. President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_McKinley" id="mwjg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="William McKinley">William McKinley</a> dies after <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_William_McKinley" id="mwjw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Assassination of William McKinley">being mortally wounded</a> on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_6" id="mwkA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="September 6">September 6</a> by anarchist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Czolgosz" id="mwkQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Leon Czolgosz">Leon Czolgosz</a> and is succeeded by Vice President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt" id="mwkg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Theodore Roosevelt">Theodore Roosevelt</a>.