This military reservation became the site of Fort William McKinley. The original size of ... ranger in interpretation for the National Park Service at the Eisenhower National Historic Site in ...

Born in Ohio, William McKinley served as a top Civil War military aid, studied the law, and became a leader in the temperance movement before he was elected to Congress as a Republican in 1876.

Campaigning from his front porch in 1896, McKinley emphasized his stance on protectionist tariffs. His opponent, William Jennings Bryan, won the Democratic nomination in large part for his speech ...