Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko William McKinley he kaitōrangapū o Amerika i mahi hei Perehitini 25 o te United States, i whiriwhiria tuatahihia i te 1896. I te tau 1901,
I patua ia i Buffalo, i Niu Ioka, i te wā o tētahi whakaaturanga ao i tū ki te taone nui. Whai muri i tona matenga, i reira ko te wā o te tangihanga motu, a i roto i Chicago, ka riro i te komihana park te pae o te mua Brighton Park Race Track mō ngā take o te tahuri te reira ki McKinley Park i roto i te honore o ia. I te tau 1902, i whakatauhia kia tu tetahi whakapakoko o McKinley ki te papa, ana i roto i te kaha ki te penapena moni, ka whakatau nga kaitohutohu o te papa ki te whakahou i tetahi whakapakoko tawhito o Christopher Columbus i whakaarahia ki Grant Park i te 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. Mai i tana whakaaturanga tuatahi, i whakahehia te whakapakoko mai i te tirohanga aesthetics, ana i te 1897, i nekehia atu ki tetahi waahi rokiroki i Washington Park. Ahakoa i whakaekea e te taone o Menasha, Wisconsin ki te tango i te whakapakoko mai i te taone nui, i whakatau nga kaitohutohu o te papa ki te whakarewa i te 10 taranata parahi mai i taua whakapakoko ki te whakapakoko McKinley, i whakaitihia te utu mai i te $ 6,000 ki te $ 3,500. Ko te tohu whakamaharatanga, i hangaia e te kaiwhakairo Charles Mulligan, i whakatapua i te Hurae 4, 1905. Ko te kaiwhakawa a Peter S. Grosscup i korero i te huihuinga.