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3 days ago · For 140 years, William Henry Harrison held the record as the oldest person ever elected president, until Ronald Reagan came along. Harrison was a relatively spry 68 when he took office in 1841 ...
5 days ago · How He Died: William Henry Harrison was both the first US president to die in office and the president with the shortest term of office. His death came one month after his inauguration and just over a week after he began feeling ill. Harrison had given a 2-hour long inaugural address on March 4 ...
4 days ago · Dive into the profound insights of William Henry Harrison, the ninth President of the United States and a celebrated military leader. "Echoes of Tippecanoe: ...
2 days ago · The two principal adversaries in the war, Tecumseh and William Henry Harrison, had both been junior participants in the Battle of Fallen Timbers at the close of the Northwest Indian War in 1794.
3 days ago · On September 26, 2020, Tyler Jr. passed away at the age of 95—175 years after his grandfather left the White House in 1845. That leaves Harrison Ruffin Tyler to keep this amazing quirk of...
3 days ago · Trump and Biden are two of the three oldest men to ever serve as president. For 140 years, William Henry Harrison held the record as the oldest person ever elected president, until Ronald Reagan came along. Harrison was a relatively spry 68 when he took office in 1841, and Reagan was 69 at his first inauguration in 1981.
17 hours ago · Whig nominee William Henry Harrison unseated Van Buren in the 1840 presidential election, but died just 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 Whig Party leaders over economic policies such as the re-establishment of a national bank .
