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William H Harrison

Major General
William Henry Harrison
William Henry Harrison daguerreotype edit.jpg
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
Alma mater
Profession Military officer
Signature Cursive signature in ink
Military service
Allegiance  United States
Service/branch
Years of service 1791–1798, 1811, 1812–1814
Rank Major General
Unit Legion of the United States
Commands Army of the Northwest
Battles/wars
The Harrison Cabinet
Office Name Term
President William Henry Harrison 1841
Vice President John Tyler 1841
Secretary of State Daniel Webster 1841
Secretary of Treasury Thomas Ewing 1841
Secretary of War John Bell 1841
Attorney General John J. Crittenden 1841
Postmaster General Francis Granger 1841
Secretary of the Navy George E. Badger 1841

William Henry Harrison Sr. (February 9, 1773 – April 4, 1841) was the ninth President of the United States (1841), an American military officer, and the last president born as a British subject. He was 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.


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