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| Name |
William Henry Harrison |
| Prefix |
President |
| Birth |
9 Feb 1773 |
Charles City, Charles City, Virginia, United States  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
4 Apr 1841 |
Washington, District of Columbia, United States |
| Burial |
7 Apr 1841 |
Harrison Tomb State Memorial, North Bend, Hamilton, Ohio, United States |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
23 Aug 1877 |
SGEOR |
| FamilySearch ID |
L8B2-1CL |
| Headstones |
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| Person ID |
I92479 |
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| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
Governor Benjamin Harrison, V, b. 5 Apr 1726, Berkeley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, United States d. 24 Apr 1791, Berkeley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, United States (Age 65 years) |
| Mother |
Elizabeth Bassett, b. 13 Dec 1730, Eltham, New Kent, Virginia, United States d. 24 Sep 1792, Berkeley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, United States (Age 61 years) |
| Marriage |
1752 |
Berkeley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, United States |
| Family ID |
F30315 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Anna Tuthill Symmes, b. 25 Jul 1775, Morristown, Morris, New Jersey, United States d. 25 Feb 1864, North Bend, Hamilton, Ohio, United States (Age 88 years) |
| Marriage |
25 Nov 1775 |
North Bend, Hamilton, Ohio, United States |
| Children |
| | 1. Elizabeth Bassett Harrison, b. 29 Sep 1796, Fort Washington, Hamilton, Ohio, United States d. 27 Sep 1846 (Age 49 years) |
| | 2. John Cleves Symmes Harrison, b. 28 Oct 1798, Fort Washington, Hamilton, Ohio, United States d. 30 Oct 1830 (Age 32 years) |
| | 3. Lucy Singleton Harrison, b. 5 Sep 1800, Richmond City, Virginia, United States d. 7 Apr 1826 (Age 25 years) |
| | 4. William Henry Harrison, Jr, b. 3 Sep 1802, Vincennes, Knox, Indiana, United States d. 6 Sep 1838 (Age 36 years) |
| + | 5. John Scott Harrison, b. 4 Oct 1804, Vincennes, Knox, Indiana, United States d. 25 May 1878, North Bend, Hamilton, Ohio, United States (Age 73 years) |
| | 6. Benjamin Harrison, b. 5 May 1806, Vincennes, Knox, Indiana, United States d. 9 Jun 1840 (Age 34 years) |
| | 7. Mary Symmes Harrison, b. 28 Jan 1809, Vincennes, Knox, Indiana, United States d. 16 Nov 1842 (Age 33 years) |
| | 8. Carter Bassett Harrison, b. 26 Oct 1811, Vincennes, Knox, Indiana, United States d. 12 Aug 1839, Hamilton, Butler, Ohio, United States (Age 27 years) |
| | 9. Anna Tuthill Harrison, b. 28 Oct 1813, North Bend, Hamilton, Ohio, United States d. 5 Jul 1865, North Bend, Hamilton, Ohio, United States (Age 51 years) |
| | 10. James Findlay Harrison, b. 15 May 1814, North Bend, Hamilton, Ohio, United States d. 6 Apr 1817, North Bend, Hamilton, Ohio, United States (Age 2 years) |
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| Family ID |
F30317 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
5 May 2024 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 9 Feb 1773 - Charles City, Charles City, Virginia, United States |
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 | Marriage - 25 Nov 1775 - North Bend, Hamilton, Ohio, United States |
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 | Death - 4 Apr 1841 - Washington, District of Columbia, United States |
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 | Burial - 7 Apr 1841 - Harrison Tomb State Memorial, North Bend, Hamilton, Ohio, United States |
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 | Initiatory (LDS) - 23 Aug 1877 - SGEOR |
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| Notes |
- 9th President of the United States.
He was an American military officer and politician who served as the 9 t h president of the United States. Harrison died just 31 days after hi s in auguration in 1841, and had the shortest presidency in U.S. history . He w as also the first U.S president to die in office, and a brief cons titutio nal crisis resulted as presidential succession was not then full y define d in the United States Constitution. Harrison was the last presi dent bor n as a British subject in the Thirteen Colonies and was the pate rnal gran dfather of Benjamin Harrison, the 23rd president of the Unite d States.
Harrison was born in Charles City County, Virginia, a son of Benjamin Ha r rison V, who was a Founding Father of the United States. During his ear l y military career, Harrison participated in the 1794 Battle of Fallen T im bers, an American military victory that ended the Northwest Indian War . L ater, he led a military force against Tecumseh's confederacy at the B attl e of Tippecanoe in 1811, where he earned the nickname "Old Tippecano e." H e was promoted to major general in the Army during the War of 1812 , and l ed American infantry and cavalry to victory at the Battle of th e Thames i n Upper Canada.
Harrison's political career began in 1798, with an appointment as Secret a ry of the Northwest Territory; in 1799 he was elected as the territory ' s non-voting delegate in the U.S. House of Representatives. He became g ov ernor of the newly established Indiana Territory in 1801 and negotiate d m ultiple treaties with American Indian tribes, with the nation acquiri ng m illions of acres. After the War of 1812, he moved to Ohio where he w as el ected to represent the state's 1st district in the U.S. House in 18 16. I n 1824, he was elected to the U.S. Senate, though his Senate term w as cu t short by his appointment as Minister Plenipotentiary to Gran Colo mbia i n 1828.
Harrison returned to private life in North Bend, Ohio until he was nomin a ted as one of several Whig Party nominees for president in the 1836 pre si dential election; he was defeated by Democratic vice president Marti n Va n Buren. Four years later, the party nominated him again, with Joh n Tyle r as his running mate, under the campaign slogan "Tippecanoe and T yler To o." Harrison defeated Van Buren in the 1840 presidential election , makin g him the first of only two Whigs to win the presidency; the othe r bein g Zachary Taylor.
Just three weeks after his inauguration, Harrison fell ill and died da y s later. After resolution of an ambiguity in the constitution regardin g s uccession to the powers and duties of the office, Tyler became presid ent . At 68, Harrison was the oldest person to assume the U.S. presidenc y unt il Ronald Reagan was elected in 1980 at 69. Though he is often omit ted i n historical presidential rankings due to his brief tenure, he is r emembe red for his Indian entreaties, and also his inventive election cam paign t actics.
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