- Born
- Died
- Nickname
- Tippecanoe
- Height5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
- Harrison, who was born on a plantation, also came from a distinguished family of planters and politicians. His father, Benjamin Harrison, was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. He was governor of Virginia between 1781 and 1784. William Harrison initially studied at college and at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1792 he joined the army. In 1794 he was used against the Indians in Ohio. A year later, Harrison married Anna Tuthill Symmes, an Ohio girl. In 1798, Harrison left the army as a captain. Harrison was then elected as a representative in the US Congress. In 1801, President John Adams made him governor of Indiana. During his 12 years in office, Harrison proved himself in the fight against the Indians, who had come together to form a federation under the leadership of Tecumseh.
During the war with Great Britain from 1812 to 1814, he secured American rule over Indiana and the Northwest. Returning to Ohio, William Harrison was elected to the House of Representatives in 1816, where he was represented until 1819. In 1825 he was elected to the US Senate, where William Harrison was active until 1828. In 1828, President John Quincy Adams sent Harrison as an envoy to Colombia, but he was recalled the following year. After a temporary withdrawal from politics, Harrison was considered a candidate in the presidential election in 1836, which was won by Martin van Buren. In the following election campaign in 1840, Harrison was able to garner the majority of votes. In March 1841 he took office as the ninth President of the USA.
William Henry Harrison died of pneumonia in Washington just one month later, on April 4, 1841. He was succeeded by John Tyler.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Christian_Wolfgang_Barth
- SpouseAnna Symmes(November 25, 1795 - April 4, 1841) (his death, 10 children)
- He was the last President born before the American Revolution.
- He was the ninth President of the United States of America.
- His father, Benjamin Harrison V was one of the delegates who signed the Declaration of Independence when William was just three-years-old.
- He gained the nickname, Tippecanoe, after he fought Indians at the Tippecanoe River during the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811.
- He was the first President to die in office.
- I believe that all the measures of the Government are directed to the purpose of making the rich richer and the poor poorer.
- Times change, and we change with them.
- There is nothing more corrupting, nothing more destructive of the noblest and finest feelings of our nature, than the exercise of unlimited power.
- The liberties of a people depend on their own constant attention to its preservation.
- 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.
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