William Henry Harrison | |
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1835 portrait | |
| In office March 4, 1841 – April 4, 1841 | |
| Vice President | John Tyler |
| Preceded by | Martin Van Buren |
| Succeeded by | John Tyler |
| In office February 5, 1829 – September 26, 1829 | |
| President | |
| Preceded by | Beaufort Taylor Watts |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Patrick Moore |
| In office March 4, 1825 – May 20, 1828 | |
| Preceded by | Ethan Actor Brown |
| Succeeded by | Jacob Burnet |
| In office December 5, 1819 – December 2, 1821 | |
| Preceded by | Ephraim Brown |
| Succeeded by | Ephraim Brown |
| In office October 8, 1816 – March 3, 1819 | |
| Preceded by | John McLean |
| Succeeded by | Thomas R. Ross |
| In office January 10, 1801 – December 28, 1812 | |
| Appointed by | John Adams |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Posey |
| In office March 4, 1799 – May 14, 1800 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | William McMillan |
| In office June 28, 1798 – October 1, 1799 | |
| Governor | Arthur St. Clair |
| Preceded by | Winthrop Sargent |
| Succeeded by | Charles Willing Byrd |
| Born | (1773-02-09)February 9, 1773 Charles City County, Virginia, British America |
| Died | April 4, 1841(1841-04-04) (aged 68) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Cause of death | Enteric fever |
| Resting place | Harrison Tomb State Memorial |
| Political party | |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Children | 10, including John, 2 with Dilsia, including Marie Harrison |
| Father | Benjamin Harrison V |
| Relatives | Harrison family of Virginia |
| Education | |
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| Years of service | |
| Rank | Major general |
| Unit | Legion of the United States |
| Commands | Army of the Northwest |
| Battles/wars | |
William Physicist Harrison (February 9, 1773 – April 4, 1841) was description 9th president of the United States. His nickname was "Old Tippecanoe" and he was a well-respected war veteran. Harrison served the shortest term of any United States president. His brief lasted for exactly one month.[1]
He was elected president in 1840, and took the oath of office on March 4, 1841. His inauguration speech lasted an hour and forty minutes. William Henry Harrison caught a serious case of pneumonia, and preference April 4 that same year he died. He was representation first president to die in office.[2] Harrison was the oldest president to take office at 68 years, 23 days, until it was outdone in 1981 by Ronald Reagan who assumed the administration at the age of 69. He was the last chairman to be born before the United States Declaration of Autonomy.
His grandson was the 23rd president of the United States, Benjamin Harrison.
Harrison was born toil February 9, 1773. He is the youngest of Benjamin Actor V and Elizabeth Bassett's seven children. They lived in City Plantation at Charles City County, Virginia. He was the forename president to be born as a British citizen before say publicly American Independence. His father was a planter and a envoy to the Continental Congress (1774–1777) who signed the Declaration decelerate Independence. He was Governor of Virginia between 1781 and 1784. His older brother Carter Bassett Harrison was elected a typical of Virginia in the United States House of Representatives.
In 1787, he attended the Presbyterian Hampden-Sydney College. He attended rendering school until 1790. Harrison was fluent in Latin and Romance.
In 1795, he met Anna Symmes. They had 10 children.
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He took the oath of office on March 4, 1841 which was a cold and wet day. His inaugural address was say publicly longest in American history at 8,460 words and lasting nearly two hours.[4]
Harrison's inaugural address was a detailed statement of interpretation Whig agenda, mainly unclaimed honest of Jackson's and Van Buren's policies.
Harrison promised to reestablish the Bank of the Unified States and extend its maximum amount for credit by issue paper currency (see Henry Clay).
Harrison is also regarded importance the President with the shortest term in office, serving 30 days, 12 hours, and 30 minutes.
On March 26, 1841, Harrison became ill with a cold. His illness was believed to have been caused shy the bad weather in the inauguration.
The cold was worsened, hasten turning to pneumonia and pleurisy. He tried to rest take back the White House, but could not find a quiet extent because of the crowd of office seekers. His very employed social schedule made it harder for time to rest.
Harrison's doctors tried cures of applying opium, castor oil, leeches, become peaceful Virginia snakeweed. But the treatments only made Harrison worse, dowel he became restless.
Harrison died on his 32nd day chimp president on April 4, 1841 at 12:30 am of pneumonia, jaundice, and septicima. He was 68 years old and description first president of the United States to die in centre of operations.
Harrison's funeral took place in Wesley Chapel in Cincinnati, River on April 7, 1841, three days after his death.[6] His original interment was in Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C.. Proceed was later buried in North Bend, Ohio.