William Henry Harrison
Ninth U.S. President |
March 4, 1841 - April 4, 1841*
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VICE
PRESIDENT
John Tyler |
FIRST
LADY
Anna Harrison |
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BORN: February 9, 1773
Berkeley, Virginia
CHILDREN: 6 Sons, 4 Daughters |
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Son John Scott Harrison was an unsuccessful candidate for President.
John's son (William's grandson) BENJAMIN HARRISON became
our 23rd President.
MILITARY SERVICE: Indian Fighter, Brigadier General, U.S. Army
PROFESSION: Medical Student, Soldier, Statesman
POLITICAL PARTY: Whig
HOME STATE: Virginia
POLITICAL OFFICES: Governor of Indiana Territory, U.S. Representative and Senator
(Ohio)
NICKNAME: "Old Tippecanoe"
DIED: April 4, 1841 (Age - 67)
FIRST U.S. President to DIE IN OFFICE
LAST WORDS: "I cannot bear this. Don't trouble me."
BURIED: North Bend, Ohio |
"Give
him a barrel of hard cider and settle a pension of two thousand a year on him, and my word
for it, he will sit by the side of a 'sea coal' fire, and study moral philosophy."
A Democratic Newspaper on Harrison during the election of 1840 |
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Courtesy of www.HomeOfHeroes.com
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