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____ was born on January 29, 1843 in Niles, Ohio. In 1852, when ____ was nine, the family moved to Poland, Ohio, to enter the children in a better school. ____ often said that he was the only president from Poland. At the battle of Antietam in the Civil War, September 1862, the 19-year-old boy was in charge of the food supplies of his brigade. After the Civil War, ____ studied law for two years. ____ was known for his honesty and for his championship of unpopular causes. At one time miners engaged in a strike were arrested and charged with burning property. No other lawyer would defend them. ____ acted as their lawyer and proved that most of them were innocent. Knowing they were penniless as a result of the long strike, he refused to accept payment for his services. ____ became the twenty-fifth president of the United States. Sadly, ____ was assassinated on September 6, 1901, and died eight days later.
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