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Trump vows to rename Denali, North America's tallest mountain, as Mt McKinley

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President-elect Donald Trump says he will rename Denali , Alaska natives' name for North America's tallest mountain, after William McKinley .

McKinley was the 25th U.S. president who was assassinated in 1901 .

The mountain, which has an elevation of more than 20,000 feet , was named Mount McKinley in 1896 after a gold prospector heard that McKinley won the Republican nomination for president.