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He was also the first U.S. president to die in office, causing a brief constitutional crisis since presidential succession was not then fully defined in the U.S. Constitution. Harrison was the last president born as a British subject in the Thirteen Colonies and was the paternal grandfather of Benjamin Harrison, the 23rd U.S. president.
Nov 16, 2009 · President William Henry Harrison dies after serving only 32 days in office on this day in 1841. Harrison holds the unfortunate presidential record of shortest term in office.
Apr 4, 2016 · Many believe that history’s lengthiest inaugural address led directly to the briefest of presidencies as Harrison died exactly one month later on April 4, 1841—with the official cause listed...
Oct 29, 2009 · William Henry Harrison (1773-1841), America’s ninth president, served just one month in office before dying of what his doctor said was pneumonia. Harrison's tenure, from March 4, 1841, to April...
Exactly one month after taking the oath of office, Harrison was dead. It was the most fleeting presidency ever, lasting one scant month. William Henry Harrison was buried near his home in North Bend, Ohio.
Mar 31, 2014 · The pneumonia was thought to be a direct result of a cold the 68-year-old Harrison caught while delivering a numbingly long Inaugural Address (at 8,445 words, the longest in history) in wet,...
Apr 2, 2014 · On April 4, 1841, William Henry Harrison died in the White House, before his wife had even moved to Washington, D.C. to become first lady. Harrison was the first president to die in office.
Jun 18, 2024 · Tecumseh was killed in the battle, and the British-Indian alliance was permanently destroyed. Thus ended resistance in the Northwest. William Henry Harrison, ninth president of the United States (1841) and the first to die in office.
Feb 13, 2023 · Some modern scholars, however, believe that he may have died from typhus caused by the White House’s contaminated water supply. Whatever the cause, Harrison’s thirty days in office was the shortest tenure of any U.S. President, lasting from March 4, 1841, until his death on April 4, 1841.
But before he had been in office a month, he became severely ill. On April 4, 1841, he died at the White House—the first president to die in office—and with him died the Whig program.
