William McKinley
In 1896, a gold prospector gave McKinley's name to Denali, the tallest mountain in North America at . The Alaska Board of Geographic Names changed the name of the mountain back to Denali in 1975, which is what it was called by locals. The Department of the Interior followed suit in August 2015 as a part of a visit to Alaska by President Barack Obama. Similarly, Denali National Park was known as Mount McKinley National Park until December 2, 1980, when it was changed by legislation signed by President Jimmy Carter.
List of mountain peaks of the United States
Of these 50 peaks, 27 are located in Alaska, five in Washington, five in California, three in Hawaii, three in Wyoming, two in Nevada, two in Oregon, and one each in Colorado, Utah, and Arizona. Three of these summits lie on the international border between Alaska and Yukon, and one lies on the international border between Alaska and British Columbia.