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An early casualty of Harrison's 1840 campaign was Democratic Michigan Congressman Isaac Crary who on February 14, 1840, as the House of Representatives debated funding for the Cumberland Road, essayed an attack on Harrison's record as an Indian fighter, deeming him a bogus hero. Crary sat down to applause from his fellow Democrats.
The delegates unanimously voted to nominate William Henry Harrison for president (who the party had supported for president the previous election along with Francis Granger for vice president) and Daniel Webster for vice president. However, when the Whig National Convention nominated Harrison with John Tyler as his running mate, the Anti ...
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.
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 ]
Georgia voted for the Whig candidate, William Henry Harrison, over Democratic candidate Martin Van Buren. Harrison won Georgia by a margin of 11.56%. This would be the last time that Georgia did not vote for the incumbent Democratic president until 1964.
Pennsylvania voted for Whig challenger William Henry Harrison over Democratic incumbent Martin Van Buren by just 334 votes, a margin of 0.12%. It is the narrowest margin of victory in a presidential election in Pennsylvania history, with Donald Trump's 2016 win following close behind at 0.72%.
President William Henry Harrison died of a respiratory infection, likely brought about after he delivered his inauguration speech without a coat in March. Because of his short time in office, some ...
Popular vote Electoral vote Count % Count % Whig: William Henry Harrison of Ohio: John Tyler of Virginia: 72,852: 57.44%: 14: 100.00%: Democratic: Martin Van Buren of ...