... than any other in the nation. Ohio can lay claim to eight of the forty-two presidents this country have known. Although these presidents have served in varying time, the Gilded and Progressive Eras saw the Buckeye State gain its prominence in presidential grooming. Presidents W.H. Harrison, Grant, Hayes, Garfield, B. Harrison, McKinley, Taft, and Harding all are originally from Ohio. This begs ... . McKinley was an intelligent, good character, and likeable personality, allowed him to move quick up the ranks in Ohio politics and led to him being elected to Congress at the age 34, and then...

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