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Name of Wife - William Harrison was married to Anna Tuthill Symmes
in 1795
Career of William Harrison -
Politician, Statesman
Secretary of Northwest Territory, 1798
Territorial Delegate to Congress, 1799-1801
Territorial Governor of Indiana, 1801-13
U.S. Congressman from Ohio, 1816-19
United States Senator, 1825-28
Minister to Colombia, 1828-29
Place of Death - William Harrison died on
April 4, 1841. He died in Washington D.C.
whilst still in office
Next President:
President John Tyler
Facts and History in the biography of President
William Harrison
William Harrison
was
secretary of the Northwest
Territory in 1798 and governor of Indiana in 1800. In 1811, Harrison won a
nominal victory over the Indians at Tippecanoe and in 1813 a more
decisive one at the Battle of the Thames, where Tecumseh was
killed. He resigned from the army in 1814. Harrison had a
career in politics and diplomacy and was nominated for president in 1835 as a
military hero.
Harrison's inaugural address was the longest of any president,
lasting for nearly two hours, in bitterly cold conditions.
He caught a cold that led pneumonia and
his death after only serving one month as President. He was the first president to die in
office.
Presidential Facts and Trivia in response to the question who was President William Harrison
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