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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 ]
Sarah Embra Harrison (1874–1935), along with her five brothers, was a descendant of Edmund Harrison of the Oaks. The six siblings descended from Edmund's son, William Henry, and grandson, Rev. J. Hartwell Harrison (1839–1908). (William Henry was a cousin of the president by that name.)
Benjamin Harrison (August 20, 1833 – March 13, 1901) was the 23rd president of the United States, serving from 1889 to 1893.He was a member of the Harrison family of Virginia—a grandson of the ninth president, William Henry Harrison, and a great-grandson of Benjamin Harrison V, a Founding Father.
Harrison's sister Elizabeth Ramsey Irwin married William Henry Harrison's son John Scott Harrison in 1831, and their son Benjamin Harrison later became president of the United States. [2] As Benjamin was the son of her sister and her brother-in-law, Harrison became both the maternal aunt and the paternal aunt-by-marriage of a future president. [1]
Marthena Serviller Harrison (1888-1972) William Henry Harrison III (1896–1990) Mary Scott Harrison Nickname: Mamie: April 3, 1858 – October 28, 1930 James Robert McKee Served as acting First Lady. Mother of: Benjamin Harrison McKee (1887–1958) Mary Lodge McKee Reisinger (1888–1967) unnamed daughter June 13, 1861 no spouse: stillborn
The other children were Elizabeth Harrison (1751–1791), who married a doctor William Rickman (c. 1731–1783) and Sarah Harrison (1770–1812), who married John Minge. The youngest child was General William Henry Harrison (1773–1841), who became a congressional delegate for the Northwest Territory and also was governor of the Indiana ...
The presidency of William Henry Harrison, who died 31 days after taking office in 1841, was the shortest in American history. [6] 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. [7]
After taking the Oath of Office in March 1841, the President died just 31 days later of complications of a cold, making William Henry Harrison's term the shortest in United States presidential history to date. The President had a son, John Scott Harrison, who in turn became the father of future President Benjamin Harrison. [1] 10 Family of John ...