Presidency of William Henry Harrison

Major General William Henry Harrison
A daguerreotype of Harrison in 1841
9th President of the United States
In office March 4, 1841 – April 4, 1841
Vice President	John Tyler
Preceded by	Martin Van Buren
Succeeded by	John Tyler
United States Minister to Gran Colombia
In office May 24, 1828 – September 26, 1829
President	John Quincy Adams Andrew Jackson
Preceded by	Beaufort Taylor Watts
Succeeded by	Thomas Patrick Moore
United States Senator from Ohio
In office March 4, 1825 – May 20, 1828
Preceded by	Ethan Allen Brown
Succeeded by	Jacob Burnet
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 1st district
In office October 8, 1816 – March 3, 1819
Preceded by	John McLean
Succeeded by	Thomas R. Ross
Governor of the Indiana Territory
In office January 10, 1801 – December 28, 1812
Appointed by	John Adams
President	John Adams Thomas Jefferson James Madison
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Thomas Posey
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from the Northwest Territory
In office March 4, 1799 – May 14, 1800 Delegate
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	William McMillan
Constituency	At-large district
Secretary of the Northwest Territory
In office June 28, 1798 – October 1, 1799
Governor	Arthur St. Clair
Preceded by	Winthrop Sargent
Succeeded by	Charles Willing Byrd
Personal details
Born	(1773-02-09)February 9, 1773 Charles City County, Colony of Virginia, British America
Died	April 4, 1841(1841-04-04) (aged 68) Washington, D.C., United States
Resting place	Harrison Tomb State Memorial North Bend, Ohio
Political party	Democratic-Republican (1799–1828) Whig (1836–1841)
Spouse(s)	Anna Symmes (m. 1795)
Children	10, including John Scott Harrison and Carter Bassett Harrison
Parents	Benjamin Harrison V Elizabeth Bassett
Alma mater	Hampden–Sydney College University of Pennsylvania
Profession	Military officer
Signature
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Service/branch	United States Army Indiana Territory militia
Years of service	1791–1798, 1811, 1812–1814
Rank	Major General
Unit	Legion of the United States
Commands	Army of the Northwest
Battles/wars	Northwest Indian War (Siege of Fort Recovery Battle of Fallen Timbers) Tecumseh's War (Battle of Tippecanoe) War of 1812 (Siege of Fort Wayne Battle of the Thames)

William Henry Harrison Sr. (February 9, 1773 – April 4, 1841) was the 9th President of the United States (1841), an American military officer, and the last president born as a British subject. He was 7009214790400000000♠68 years, 23 days old at the time of his inauguration. He died of complications from pneumonia 31 days into his term, serving the shortest tenure in United States presidential history. He was the first president to die in office, and his death sparked a brief constitutional crisis. Its resolution left many unsettled questions following the presidential line of succession in regard to the Constitution until the passage of the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1967. He was the grandfather of Benjamin Harrison, who served as the 23rd United States President from 1889 to 1893.

Before election as president, Harrison served as the first congressional delegate from the Northwest Territory and the first Governor of Indiana Territory. He gained national fame for leading U.S. forces against Native Americans at the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811, where he earned the nickname "Tippecanoe" (or "Old Tippecanoe"). As a general officer in the subsequent War of 1812, his most notable action was in the Battle of the Thames in 1813. This battle resulted in the death of Tecumseh and the dissolution of the Indian coalition which Tecumseh had led.

After the war, Harrison moved to Ohio, where he was elected to the United States House of Representatives. In 1824, the state legislature elected him to the United States Senate. He served a truncated term after being appointed as Minister Plenipotentiary to Gran Colombia in May 1828. In Santa Fe de Bogotá, he spoke with president Simón Bolívar, urging Bolívar to guide his nation toward American-style democracy.