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The Saxton House was built by George Dewalt about 1840, and a substantial section was added about 1870 by his son-in-law James Saxton, father of Ida Saxton McKinley and son of John Saxton, founder of the Canton Repository. It was Ida's home before her marriage to William McKinley and while William served in the U.S. Congress from 1875 to 1890 and as Governor of Ohio from 1891 to 1895, before he was elected the 25th president of the United States in 1896. The house was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 and established as the First Ladies National Historic Site in 2000.
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Canton, Ohio · United States
