McKinley at Home, Canton, Ohio

McKinley at Home, Canton, Ohio aka William McKinley at Canton, Ohio is a silent film reenactment of William McKinley receiving the Republican nomination for President of the United States in September 1896. The actual nomination had been several weeks earlier. McKinley is shown emerging from his house to receive the news from his secretary George Cortelyou. His wife Ida can be seen in a rocking chair on the porch. McKinley is seen removing his hat and wiping his forehead with a handkerchief after receiving the news. It was filmed by a two-man crew for American Mutoscope and Biograph Company on 68 mm film, 60.02 m in length. McKinley's brother Abner and former US president Benjamin Harrison were stockholders in the film company.

McKinley at Home, Canton, Ohio
Produced by	American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
Starring	William McKinley Ida Saxton McKinley George Cortelyou
Release date	September 1896 (1896-09)
Country	United States
Languages	Silent film English intertitles

See also

• Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison
• American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
• Silent films
• William McKinley
• Ida Saxton McKinley
• George Cortelyou

External links

• McKinley at Home, Canton, Ohio at IMDb
• McKinley at Home, Canton, Ohio on YouTube