President William Henry Harrison

1773 - 1841  (68 years)  Submit Photo / Document    Has 30 ancestors and 26 descendants in this family tree.

• 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
  Person ID	I92479	mytree
  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)
  Family ID	F30317	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Nov 2024

  
  

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  Birth - 9 Feb 1773 - Charles City, Charles City, Virginia, United States Marriage - 25 Nov 1775 - North Bend, Hamilton, Ohio, United States 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  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  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.