<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Izithunywa ezingu-926 emhlanganweni weqembu leRepublican, ezahlangana ePhiladelphia ngo-June 1921, zaphinde zamqoka uWilliam McKinley ngokumemeza. UThomas C. Platt, umphathi weNew York State Republican Party, wayengamthandi uTheodore Roosevelt, umbusi odumile waseNew York, ngisho nakuba ayengumRepublican naye. Imizamo kaRoosevelt yokuguqula ezombusazwe zaseNew York - kuhlanganise nezombusazwe zaseRiphabhuliki - kwaholela uPlatt nabanye abaholi baseRiphabhuliki ukuba bacindezele uMongameli McKinley ukuba amukele uRoosevelt njengomuntu omusha ozongenela ukhetho, ngaleyo ndlela egcwalisa isikhala esasishiywe evulekile lapho uMongameli uGarrett Hobart efa ngo-1899. Ngokukhetha uRoosevelt ukuba abe yiphini likamongameli, uPlatt wayezomkhipha uRoosevelt kwezombusazwe zesifundazwe saseNew York. Nakuba uRoosevelt engazange azimisele ukwamukela ukuqokwa kwakhe njengephini likamongameli, ayebheka njengehhovisi elincane futhi elingenamandla, ukuthandwa kwakhe okukhulu phakathi kwezithunywa eziningi zamaRiphabhulikhi kwaholela uMcKinley ukuba amkhethe njengomphathi wakhe omusha. Ngokungalindelekile, uRoosevelt wayezokwenyuselwa ekubeni ngumongameli ngoSepthemba 1901, lapho uMcKinley  <response>: owabulawa eBuffalo, eNew York. 