JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Legislature passed a resolution Friday urging President Donald Trump to reverse course and retain the name of North America’s tallest peak as Denali rather than change it to Mount McKinley.

The Alaska Senate voted without opposition Friday to approve a resolution asking President Donald Trump and various officials to keep the name of North America’s tallest mountain as Denali. The Senate’s 19-0 vote,

Trump issued the order renaming Denali after President William McKinley on his first day back in office. The decision sparked an uproar across Alaska.

The Alaska Legislature passed a resolution urging President Trump to maintain the name Denali for the state's highest peak, emphasizing its cultural and historical significance. The resolution reflects bipartisan support to reject Trump's executive order to restore the name Mount McKinley.

President Trump signed an executive order changing the name of the country’s highest mountain from Denali to Mount McKinley. Alaskans have thoughts.

President Trump is moving to change the name of Alaska’s tallest peak back to McKinley. Some 95% of respondents to our question want him to back off.

Alaskans are responding after President Donald Trump changed the name of North America's tallest peak from Denali back to Mount McKinley.

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the mountain was named for McKinley in 1896 by William Andrews Dickey, a prospector and McKinley backer who wrote an account of his Alaskan adventures in the January 24, 1897, edition of the New York Sun.

The state Senate is expected to quickly agree with Jan. 27 House vote, which would send the request to Washington

Donald Trump's order to change the name of the highest mountain in the United States faced pushback Friday from members of his own party. The resolution by the state legislature appeared unlikely to change Trump's mind,