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William Harrison

The Ninth President • 1841-1841

William Henry Harrison

“Old Tippecanoe”


Biographical Facts

Birth: Charles City County, Virginia, February 9, 1773

Ancestry: English

Father: Benjamin Harrison
Birth: Charles City County, Virginia, April 5, 1726
Death: Charles City County, Virginia, April 24, 1791
Occupations: Planter; Politician

Mother: Elizabeth Bassett Harrison
Birth: Charles City County, Virginia, December 13, 1730
Death: Charles City County, Virginia , 1792

Brothers: Benjamin Harrison (1755-1799); Carter Bassett Harrison (unknown-1808)

Sisters: Elizabeth Harrison (1751-unknown); Anna Harrison (1753-1821); Lucy Harrison (unknown-1809); Sarah Harrison (1770-1812)

Marriage: North Bend, Ohio, November 25, 1795
Wife: Anna Tuthill Symmes Harrison
Birth: Flatbrook, New Jersey, July 25, 1775
Death: North Bend, Ohio , February 25, 1864
Children: Elizabeth Bassett Harrison (1796-1846); John Cleves Symmes Harrison (1798-1830); Lucy Singleton Harrison (1800-1826); William Henry Harrison (1802-1838); John Scott Harrison (1804-1878); Benjamin Harrison (1806-1840); Mary Symmes Harrison (1809-1842); Carter Bassett Harrison (1811-1839); Anna Tuthill Harrison (1813-1845); James Findlay Harrison (1814-1817)

Religious Affiliation: Episcopalian

Education: Private Tutoring; Hampden-Sidney College

Occupation Before Presidency: Soldier

Military Service: Major General of Kentucky militia (1812) ; United States Army (1812-1814), rose from brigade general to major general in command of the Northwest

Prepresidential Offices: Secretary of Northwest Territory; United States congressman; Governor of Indiana Territory and superintendent of Indian Affairs; Ohio State senator; United States senator; Minister to Colombia

Inauguration Age: 68

Death: Washington D.C., April 4, 1841

Place of Burial: William Henry Harrison State Park, North Bend, Ohio



 
First Administration

Inauguration: March 4, 1841; the Capitol, Washington, D.C.

Vice President: John Tyler

Secretary of State: Daniel Webster

Secretary of the Treasury: Thomas Ewing

Secretary of War: John Bell

Attorney General: John J. Crittenden

Postmaster General: Francis Granger

Secretary of the Navy: George E. Badger

Congress #27 (May 31, 1841-March 3, 1843):
Senate: 29 Whigs; 22 Democrats
House: 133 Whigs; 102 Democrats; 6 Others


Election of 1840
CandidatesElectoral Vote Popular Vote
William Henry Harrison
(Whig)
234 1,274,624
Martin Van Buren
(Democratic)
60 1,127,781



 
 

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