The 25th president, who served from 1897 to 1901, McKinley just makes the obese presidents list with a BMI of 31.1. But reports suggest that his obesity contributed to his death after an assassination attempt in 1901; doctors failed to find and remove the bullet in his generous abdomen, which may have led to the infection that claimed his life a week later.
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