Who was assassinated by anarchist Leon Czolgosz?
Leon Czolgosz Leon Czolgosz Leon Frank Czolgosz (; May 5, 1873 – October 29, 1901) was a Polish-American anarchist and former steel worker who assassinated U.S. President William McKinley in September 1901. Czolgosz was executed seven weeks later. Czolgosz was born in Alpena, Michigan, on May 5, 1873. He was one of eight children born to Polish American family of Paul Czolgosz and his wife Mary Nowak. The Czolgosz family moved to Detroit when Leon was five. When he was 10 years old, while living in Posen, Michigan, Czolgosz's mother died six weeks after giving birth to his sister, Victoria. In his
Leon Czolgosz for Mental Hygiene, reviewed the Czolgosz case in 1901 on behalf of Dr. Walter Channing shortly after Czolgosz's death. Czolgosz's death was re-enacted in the silent film "Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison". Czolgosz is also featured as a central character of Stephen Sondheim's musical "Assassins", in which his assassination of McKinley is depicted in a musical number called "The Ballad of Czolgosz". He was also portrayed in the "Reaper" episode "Leon" by Patton Oswalt as an escaped/captured/released/re-captured soul from Hell who could turn his arms into large guns, but had issues with his father. Leon Czolgosz Leon