William Harrison ... The Whigs, led by Henry Clay, fielded Harrison as a war hero candidate in 1840. During the campaign, they downplayed Harrison's genteel origins and portrayed him as a hard ...

Due to his military career, William Henry Harrison became the frontrunner of the Whig Party—a new political faction assembled by opposition to Jackson. Despite his aristocratic Virginian roots, the ...

Due to his shortened presidency, Harrison is widely remembered for his 1840 campaign slogan "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too," regarded by many historians as one of the most popular slogans in American ...

Grandson of William Henry Harrison, Benjamin Harrison managed to ... For the election of 1888, Harrison ran a "front porch campaign." Staying at home in Indianapolis, he would speak ...

When John Tyler assumed the presidency upon the death of William Henry Harrison, critics referred to him as “His Accidency.” At fifty-one, Tyler was the youngest man yet to become president. Tyler, ...