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President William Henry Harrison
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William Henry Harrison was the 9th President
of the United States of America for 31 days in 1841. |
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Vice |
John Tyler was Vice President.
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First Lady |
Jane
Irwin Harrison, President Harrison's daughter-in-law served as
First Lady. His wife was Anna Tuthill (Symmes) Harrison. They
had 10 children. |
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Harrison was a
Whig from
Indiana.
William Henry Harrison is
the first presidential candidate to have a campaign slogan,
"Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too."
Harrison let Daniel Webster edit his Inaugural Address.
He was the first President to die in office.
Harrison is the grandfather of the 23rd President, Benjamin
Harrison. |
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I too well understand the dangerous temptations to which I shall
be exposed from the magnitude of the power which it has been the
pleasure of the people to commit to my hands not to place my
chief confidence upon the aid of that Almighty Power which has
hitherto protected me and enabled me to bring to favorable
issues other important but still greatly inferior trusts
heretofore confided to me by my country."
- President William Henry Harrison, Inaugural Address.
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"But I contend that
the strongest of all governments is that which is most free." -
President William Henry Harrison
"The prudent capitalist will never adventure his capital . . .
if there exists a state of uncertainty as to whether the
Government will repeal tomorrow what it has enacted today." -
President William Henry Harrison
"I wish you to understand the true principles of the government.
I wish them carried out. I ask nothing more." - President
William Henry Harrison, last known words spoken on his deathbed. |
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Birth Death
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William Henry
Harrison was born on February 9, 1773 at Berkley in Charles City
County, Virginia.
Harrison served as the 9th U.S. President for 31 days before he
died of pneumonia on April 4, 1841. He was the first President
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Jefferson - J Madison -
J Monroe -
J Q
Adams - A Jackson -
- M Van Buren -
W
H Harrison - J Tyler -
J Polk -
Z Taylor -
M Fillmore -
F Pierce
- J Buchanan -
A
Lincoln - A Johnson -
- U S Grant -
R B Hayes
- J Garfield -
C
Arthur - G Cleveland -
B Harrison -
G
Cleveland - W McKinley -
T Roosevelt -
- W Taft
- W Wilson -
W Harding
- C Coolidge -
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Hoover - F D Roosevelt -
H Truman -
D D Eisenhower
- J F Kennedy -
- L B Johnson -
R Nixon -
G Ford -
J Carter -
R Reagan -
G H W Bush
- B Clinton -
G W Bush
- BH Obama -
- Methodology -
TimeLine of the Presidency -
Inauguration Speeches
- Party Platforms
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The Early Presidents
- Distinctions of the
Presidencies
Black
American Patriots -
President's Day -
Rhymes about the
Founding Fathers
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