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Overview. William Henry Harrison served the shortest time of any American President—only thirty-two days. He also was the first President from the Whig Party. He had won his nickname, “Old Tip,” as the tough commanding general of American forces who defeated hostile Native Americans at the Battle of Tippecanoe in the Ohio River Valley in ...
Political career of William Henry Harrison. Badge from the presidential campaign of William Henry Harrison, 1840. After the war, Harrison settled in Ohio, where he quickly became active in politics. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1816–19), where he worked on behalf of more liberal pension laws, better militia organization ...
BIOGRAPHIES OF WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON. Biography of William Henry Harrison by William Freehling. Biography of William Henry Harrison by Encyclopedia Britannica. Search all documents. Announcement to Representatives of Foreign Governments in the United States of the Death of President Harrison.
