Buckeye Presidents-- Part 4: Longest Inaugural Address to the Civil War and Modern American Era

William McKinley, president from 1897 to 1901, had the first War Room.

It was perhaps no coincidence that the elder Harrison is also noted for delivering the longest inaugural address on record -- in the rain and without a coat, which led to the sickness which caused his death.

A timeline accompanying the exhibit begins with William Henry Harrison's election in 1840 and runs through the death of President Warren G. Harding, the last of the group of Ohio presidents in 1923.

Five of the Ohio presidents served in the Civil War.  The other three, beginning with McKinley served in  what is considered the  the modern American era.

The exhibition includes a Civil War  re-enactment scene and the insights drawn from Ohio presidents' administrations into how the nation changed from before to after the war.

--Cooter