After President McKinley was assassinated in September 1901 , Foraker attended the funeral services and addressed a large memorial meeting at the Cincinnati Music Hall . When politics resumed after the mourning , Foraker spoke in defense of President Roosevelt 's inviting Booker T. Washington , a black man , to the White House . This helped ensure support from the black community in Foraker 's successful re-election bid in January 1902 , which was not opposed by the Hanna faction
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Assassination of William McKinley
Joseph B. Foraker