William Henry Harrison, an American military officer and politician, was the ninth president of the United States, the oldest president to be elected at the time. On his 32nd day, he became the ...

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - Now to “Tippecanoe” - William Henry Harrison. Prior to becoming the ninth president Harrison joined the army and was stationed in the Northwest territories in ...

William Henry Harrison was raised on a Virginia plantation. Growing up, Harrison had no thought of becoming president. He wanted to be a physician. At age 14, he enrolled in college and later ...

He was the oldest man who had ever run for president ... The man was William Henry “Old Tippecanoe” Harrison, the Whig Party candidate in 1840. He was 67. “Give him a barrel of hard cider ...

William Henry Harrison was the nation’s ninth president. He was elected in the very active 1840 election, defeating President Martin Van Buren. Harrison was a war hero from his battles in the ...

especially the 9th President of the United States. Indiana’s own William Henry Harrison served as the President of the United ...

William Henry Harrison died of pneumonia on his 32nd day in office on April 4, 1841. His is the shortest term of an elected president. Harrison, 68, was the oldest man to hold the office at the time.

William Harrison knew by age 18 that he wanted to pursue a military career, and quickly rose through the ranks serving in the Northwest Territory. When, under President John Adams, the territory ...

William Harrison ... and unbeknownst to Harrison, would be rejected by his successor and vice president, John Tyler. The Whigs, led by Henry Clay, fielded Harrison as a war hero candidate in ...