9th United States President, U.S. Army General, 1st Governor of the Indiana Territory, U.S. Congressman, U.S. Senator and Diplomat. A member of the Whig Party, he served as the 9th U.S. President from March to April 1841 for a total of 32 days, the shortest tenure in U.S. presidential history. He was the first U.S.President to die in office and was also the oldest person to assume the presidency until Ronald Reagan in 1981. The youngest son of Benjamin Harrison V, a wealthy Virginia planter and delegate to the Continental Congress who signed the Declaration of Independence and was a governor of Virginia, he entered the Presbyterian Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia in 1787. In 1790, he entered the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to study medicine. When his father died the following year, he was left without any money and was persuaded to join the United States Army by Virginia Governor Henry Lee, a family friend, and at the age of 18 was commissioned as an ensign with the 1st Infantry Regiment. His first assignment was to Cincinnati in the Northwest Territory, where the US Army was engaged in the ongoing Northwest Indian War. In 1792, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant and the following year he became aide-de-camp to General Anthony "Mad Anthony" Wayne. In 1797 he resigned from the US Army and sought a political post in the Northwest Territorial government and was appointed Secretary of the Territory and two years later he was elected as the first delegate representing the Northwest Territory to the U.S. Congress and successfully promoted passage of the Harrison Land Act, making it easier for poor settlers to buy land in the Northwest Territory. In January 1791, he was appointed Governor of the newly created Indiana Territory and supervised the development of 13 treaties with the Native American leaders. He attempted on several occasions to secure approval of slavery in the Territory but was defeated by President Thomas Jefferson each time. In 1811, when Chief Tecumseh and his tribal followers started an uprising against the settlers, he led an army of 1,000 men to initially intimidate then into making peace, but on November 6, he defeated the tribal forces at the Battle of Tippecanoe near the confluence of the Tippecanoe and Wabash Rivers and he was proclaimed a hero. In 1812, after the outbreak of war between the U.S. and England, he was appointed to the rank of major general and became commander of the U.S. Army of the Northwest, winning victories against the Shawnee and their British allies in Indiana and Ohio and recaptured Detroit, before invading Canada. In October 1813 he defeated the British at the Battle of the Thames near present-day Chatham, Ontario in which Tecumseh was killed. In the summer of 1814, he resigned from the US Army and was awarded a gold medal by the US Congress for his services. In 1819, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives to finish the term of John McLean of Ohio, serving from October 1816 until to March 1819. In 1819, he was elected to the Ohio State Senate, serving until 1821, having lost the election for Ohio governor in 1820. In 1824, he was elected to the US Senate, where he served until May 1828 when he resigned after being appointed U.S. Minister to Gran Columbia, serving until March 1829. He then returned to the US and settled on his farm in North Bend, Ohio. In 1836, he made an unsuccessful run for the U.S. presidency as a Whig candidate against the Democratic candidate Martin Van Buren. In 1840, he ran again against Van Buren as the Whig candidate for the U.S. presidency and won the popular vote along with a landslide electoral college victory. He took the oath of office on March 4, 1841, a cold and wet day, wearing neither an overcoat nor hat, rode on horseback to the ceremony rather than in the closed carriage that had been offered him, and delivered the longest inaugural address in American history, at two hours. His only official act of consequence was to call Congress into a special session, which did not occur until after his death. On March 26, he became ill with a cold, that worsened rapidly into pneumonia and pleurisy, and he died nine days later at the age of 68. He was the first sitting president to have his photograph taken on Inauguration Day in 1841. Harrison's son, John Scott Harrison, served in the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio between 1853 and 1857. His grandson, Benjamin Harrison, would become the 23rd President of the United States in 1889 and serve until 1893. A statue in his honor was erected on Monument Circle in Indianapolis, Indiana
9th United States President, U.S. Army General, 1st Governor of the Indiana Territory, U.S. Congressman, U.S. Senator and Diplomat. A member of the Whig Party, he served as the 9th U.S. President from March to April 1841 for a total of 32 days, the shortest tenure in U.S. presidential history. He was the first U.S.President to die in office and was also the oldest person to assume the presidency until Ronald Reagan in 1981. The youngest son of Benjamin Harrison V, a wealthy Virginia planter and delegate to the Continental Congress who signed the Declaration of Independence and was a governor of Virginia, he entered the Presbyterian Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia in 1787. In 1790, he entered the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to study medicine. When his father died the following year, he was left without any money and was persuaded to join the United States Army by Virginia Governor Henry Lee, a family friend, and at the age of 18 was commissioned as an ensign with the 1st Infantry Regiment. His first assignment was to Cincinnati in the Northwest Territory, where the US Army was engaged in the ongoing Northwest Indian War. In 1792, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant and the following year he became aide-de-camp to General Anthony "Mad Anthony" Wayne. In 1797 he resigned from the US Army and sought a political post in the Northwest Territorial government and was appointed Secretary of the Territory and two years later he was elected as the first delegate representing the Northwest Territory to the U.S. Congress and successfully promoted passage of the Harrison Land Act, making it easier for poor settlers to buy land in the Northwest Territory. In January 1791, he was appointed Governor of the newly created Indiana Territory and supervised the development of 13 treaties with the Native American leaders. He attempted on several occasions to secure approval of slavery in the Territory but was defeated by President Thomas Jefferson each time. In 1811, when Chief Tecumseh and his tribal followers started an uprising against the settlers, he led an army of 1,000 men to initially intimidate then into making peace, but on November 6, he defeated the tribal forces at the Battle of Tippecanoe near the confluence of the Tippecanoe and Wabash Rivers and he was proclaimed a hero. In 1812, after the outbreak of war between the U.S. and England, he was appointed to the rank of major general and became commander of the U.S. Army of the Northwest, winning victories against the Shawnee and their British allies in Indiana and Ohio and recaptured Detroit, before invading Canada. In October 1813 he defeated the British at the Battle of the Thames near present-day Chatham, Ontario in which Tecumseh was killed. In the summer of 1814, he resigned from the US Army and was awarded a gold medal by the US Congress for his services. In 1819, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives to finish the term of John McLean of Ohio, serving from October 1816 until to March 1819. In 1819, he was elected to the Ohio State Senate, serving until 1821, having lost the election for Ohio governor in 1820. In 1824, he was elected to the US Senate, where he served until May 1828 when he resigned after being appointed U.S. Minister to Gran Columbia, serving until March 1829. He then returned to the US and settled on his farm in North Bend, Ohio. In 1836, he made an unsuccessful run for the U.S. presidency as a Whig candidate against the Democratic candidate Martin Van Buren. In 1840, he ran again against Van Buren as the Whig candidate for the U.S. presidency and won the popular vote along with a landslide electoral college victory. He took the oath of office on March 4, 1841, a cold and wet day, wearing neither an overcoat nor hat, rode on horseback to the ceremony rather than in the closed carriage that had been offered him, and delivered the longest inaugural address in American history, at two hours. His only official act of consequence was to call Congress into a special session, which did not occur until after his death. On March 26, he became ill with a cold, that worsened rapidly into pneumonia and pleurisy, and he died nine days later at the age of 68. He was the first sitting president to have his photograph taken on Inauguration Day in 1841. Harrison's son, John Scott Harrison, served in the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio between 1853 and 1857. His grandson, Benjamin Harrison, would become the 23rd President of the United States in 1889 and serve until 1893. A statue in his honor was erected on Monument Circle in Indianapolis, Indiana
ANNA SYMMES HARRISON 1775 - 1864 WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON 1773 - 1841 ERECTED BY THE WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON MEMORIAL COMMISSION 1922
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON SECRETARY OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY. DELEGATE OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY TO CONGRESS. TERRITORIAL GOVERNOR OF INDIANA. MEMBER OF CONGRESS FROM OHIO. OHIO STATE SENATOR. UNITED STATES SENATOR FROM OHIO. MINISTER TO COLOMBIA. NINTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
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