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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 ]
President Harrison was the first of four presidents to belong to the Whig Party. At 68 years old, Harrison was the oldest President to take the Oath of Office until President Ronald Reagan in 1981.
The presidency of William Henry Harrison, who died 31 days after taking office in 1841, was the shortest in American history. [9] Franklin D. Roosevelt served the longest, over twelve years, before dying early in his fourth term in 1945. He is the only U.S. president to have served more than two terms. [10]
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 ...
The Whigs chose William Henry Harrison because of his similarities to former president Andrew Jackson in the sense that he was a war hero [5] and a man of the people. [6] This approach proved successful because William Henry Harrison won the election by dominating the electoral college, despite winning by only 5% of the popular vote.
The 1840 presidential election was the only time in which four people who either had been or would become a U.S. President (Van Buren, Harrison, Tyler, and Polk) received at least one vote in the Electoral College when it voted for president and vice-president. [10] Harrison's victory won him precious little time as chief executive of the ...
President Bill Clinton turns 70 in 2016. Here's some extraordinary facts on the 42nd President of the United States... 1. He is a large man at 6 foot, 2 inches tall.
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]