The gunfire signaled the Inauguration Day of America’s ninth president, the Whig Party’s Gen. William Henry “Old Tippecanoe” Harrison of Ohio, and his vice president, John Tyler of Virginia.

In 1840, William Henry Harrison invited women on the campaign trail for the first time, long before they had the power to vote.

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. He ...

The election of America's 9th president was a most modern campaign - yet William Henry Harrison barely got to serve ...

William Harrison, a frontier army general whose fame (and nickname) was assured at the battle of Tippecanoe, spent only 32 days in office before dying.

William Henry Harrison became the first commander in chief to die in office, stunning the nation and leading to charges that his physicians had “quacked him out of existence.” ...

In 1841, William Henry Harrison died in the White House after one month in office, and John Tyler was sworn in to succeed him. But the country wasn't sure if Tyler was actually president or not.

The candidacy of William Henry Harrison indicates that American politics were moving in a more populist direction as the country expanded. A twoterm congressman and former territorial governor, ...

MR. HARRISON'S PLEDGES.; WITH THE APPROVAL OF HIS PARTY HE HAS TRODDEN THEM UNDER FOOT. MR. GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS REVIEWS THE ADMINISTRATION'S RECORD IN HIS ADDRESS TO THE CIVIL SERVICE REFORM ...

The gunfire signaled the Inauguration Day of America's ninth president, the Whig Party's Gen. William Henry "Old Tippecanoe" Harrison of Ohio, and his vice president, John Tyler of Virginia.