In this episode of Unpresidented, we discuss what factors have made William McKinley's Presidency become more favorable among historians the further time has gone on. Why is McKinley considered an underrated President in 2021 with such a controversial record on occupying and ruling over newly, forcibly acquired territories? Should McKinley accomplishments of occupation and American imperial expansion be glorified?

McKinley certainly wasn't a bad President in the traditional sense of leading a breakdown in the American economy and presiding over a recession. In fact, the American economy fares very well in his tenure, but that should not be the takeaway from a Presidency that could've changed the way millions of people lived by instilling democracy in other parts of the world. Instead, the US moves in the other direction and continues the oppression its European counterparts started in its new territories like Puerto Rico and Guam. 

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