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William Henry Harrison. Born February 9, 1773 Berkeley, Virginia. Died April 4, 1841 Washington, D.C.. General, president of the United States. In the years leading up to the War of 1812, William Henry Harrison, while serving as governor of Indiana Territory, negotiated a number of treaties through which Native Americans sold their traditional lands to the United States government.
Feb 4, 2004 · Ninth President • 1841. William Henry Harrison. "Tippecanoe" Harrison, the oldest President at inaugural and the last to be born a British subject, was the first Whig to hold the office and the first incumbent to die. His term, a mere month, was the shortest on record. Like Jackson, he was an erstwhile frontier general and war hero, but he ...
John Tyler became the tenth President of the United States (1841-1845) when President William Henry Harrison died in April 1841. He was the first Vice President to succeed to the Presidency after ...
Benjamin Harrison (August 20, 1833 – March 13, 1901) was an American politician who served as the 23rd president of the United States from 1889 to 1893. He was a member of the Harrison family of Virginia—a grandson of the ninth president, William Henry Harrison, and a great-grandson of Benjamin Harrison V, a Founding Father.
John Tyler and Presidential Succession. Just after midnight on April 4, 1841, William Henry Harrison died after only thirty-one days in office. At daybreak on April 5th, Vice President John Tyler received a knock on his door in Williamsburg, Virginia, where he was visiting family. Fletcher Webster, the son of Secretary of State Daniel Webster ...
Apr 5, 2017 · Apr 4, 2017, 8:00 PM PDT. On this day in 1841, William Henry Harrison became the first US president to die in office. Advertisement. Harrison’s death shocked the nation. He had been inaugurated ...
Jun 18, 2024 · The inauguration of William Henry Harrison in Washington, D.C., on March 4, 1841. Harrison was the first president-elect to travel by railroad to Washington, D.C., for his inauguration. Wearing no gloves and no overcoat despite the freezing weather, he rode up Pennsylvania Avenue on a white horse to take the oath of office on March 4, 1841.
