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  2. List of presidents of the United States who owned slaves

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    See William Henry Harrison and slavery for more details. 10th John Tyler: 29 [13] Yes (1841–1845) Tyler never freed any of his slaves and consistently supported slaveholders' rights and the expansion of slavery during his time in political office. See John Tyler and slavery for more details. 11th James K. Polk: 56 [14] Yes (1845–1849)

  3. William Henry Harrison - Wikipedia

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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 ]

  4. List of slave owners - Wikipedia

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    William Henry Harrison (1773–1841), 9th President of the United States, he owned eleven slaves. [141] Patrick Henry (1736–1799), American statesman and orator. He wrote in 1773, "I am the master of slaves of my own purchase. I am drawn along by the general inconvenience of living here without them. I will not, I cannot justify it." [142]

  5. List of members of the United States Congress who owned ...

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    William Henry Harrison: Democratic-Republican (before 1828) Whig (1836–1841) Ohio: Mar. 3, 1799 May. 19, 1828 11: No (1841) Harrison inherited several slaves. As the first governor of the Indiana Territory, he unsuccessfully lobbied Congress to legalize slavery in Indiana. Henry Peter Haun: Democratic: California: Nov. 2, 1859 Mar. 3, 1860 ...

  6. History of slavery in Indiana - Wikipedia

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    Harrison was also in the process of constructing another plantation style farm called Harrison Valley near Corydon in 1807, the same year he was pushing for slavery to be legalized. [25] Governor, General and President William Henry Harrison. In 1803 Harrison asked Congress to suspend the anti-slavery clause of the Northwest Ordinance for ten ...

  7. Berkeley Plantation - Wikipedia

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    Berkeley would later earn a distinction shared only with Peacefield in Quincy, Massachusetts, as the ancestral home for two United States presidents, [4] though this connection is tenuous, as William Henry Harrison's grandson, the 23rd president, Benjamin Harrison, was born and reared in North Bend, Ohio, and his father, John Scott Harrison ...

  8. John Tyler - Wikipedia

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    He was elected vice president on the 1840 Whig ticket with President William Henry Harrison, succeeding to the presidency following Harrison's death 31 days after assuming office. Tyler was a stalwart supporter and advocate of states' rights , including regarding slavery , and he adopted nationalistic policies as president only when they did ...

  9. Whig Party (United States) - Wikipedia

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    Whig nominee William Henry Harrison unseated Van Buren in the 1840 presidential election but died one month into his term. Harrison's successor, John Tyler, a former Democrat, broke with the Whigs in 1841 after clashing with Clay and other party leaders over economic policies such as the re-establishment of a national bank.