William Henry Harrison served as President of the United States from March 4, 1841 to April 4, 1841. The shortest term of any Chief Executive. The highest office in the land was in uncharted ...

The son of Benjamin Harrison, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, William Henry Harrison was raised on a Virginia plantation. Growing up, Harrison had no thought of becoming president.

William Henry Harrison's bid for the presidency in 1840 changed how campaigns were run.

Some Ohioans insist William Henry Harrison should be considered an Ohio president. While he was born in Virginia, a British colony at the time, he started the military career that ultimately led ...

Did delivering a two-hour long inauguration speech in the cold—and without a coat—really have anything to do with William Henry Harrison’s death?

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He caught pneumonia and died exactly one month later - a first in presidential history. William Henry Harrison served as President of the United States from March 4, 1841 to April 4, 1841.