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William Henry Harrison was the seventh and youngest child of Benjamin Harrison V and Elizabeth (Bassett) Harrison. Born on February 9, 1773, at Berkeley Plantation , the home of the Harrison family of Virginia on the James River in Charles City County , [ 1 ] he became the last United States president not born as an American citizen. [ 2 ]
William Harrison (18 April 1534 – 24 April 1593) was an English clergyman, whose Description of England was produced as part of the publishing venture of a group of London stationers who produced Raphael Holinshed's Chronicles (1577 and 1587). His contribution to Holinshed's work drew heavily on the earlier work of John Leland.
William Harrison (Archpriest of England) (c. 1553–1621), English Roman Catholic priest; William Harrison (bishop) (1837–1920), Anglican bishop; William Harrison (priest) (1534–1593), English clergyman; William P. Harrison (1830–1895), Methodist minister and theologian, Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives
The inauguration of William Henry Harrison as the ninth president of the United States was held on Thursday, March 4, 1841, at the East Portico of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. This was the 14th inauguration and marked the commencement of the only four-year term of both William Henry Harrison as president and John Tyler as vice ...
Harrison was born the grandson of Daniel Jefferson Harrison, a Texas oilman who died in 1974, [2] and the son of Bruce Harrison, a Texas rancher who died in 2004. [3] Through his investment company, Cathexis Holdings, he invested in ISG Ltd, a construction business based in London, in March 2016, [4] Leo Lynch, a mechanical and electrical engineering contractor based in Dublin, in May 2022, [5 ...
The William Henry Harrison Tomb State Memorial is the final resting place of William Henry Harrison, ninth President of the United States, his wife Anna Harrison, and his son John Scott Harrison (father of the twenty-third President, Benjamin Harrison).
William Henry Harrison, nicknamed Old Tippecanoe, died just a month after taking office in 1841.His death is the first attributed to the Curse of Tippecanoe. The Curse of Tippecanoe (also known as Tecumseh's Curse, the 20-year Curse [1] or the Zero Curse [2]) is an urban legend [3] about the deaths in office of presidents of the United States who were elected in years divisible by 20.
Portrait of Harrison by Rembrandt Peale. William Henry Harrison was born on February 9, 1773, on Berkeley Plantation in Charles City County, Virginia.His father was the wealthy and influential Benjamin Harrison, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and Governor of Virginia. [1]