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 ...

"Tippecanoe" Harrison was elected the 9th president of the U.S. in 1840 but ran into exceptionally foul weather on his ...

President William Henry Harrison died exactly one month after he delivered a nearly two hour inaugural address in the rain ...

The battle was seen as a catalyst for the War of 1812, and was used as part of a campaign slogan during William Henry Harrison's 1840 presidential campaign. Rick Conwell explains the Battle of ...

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, ...

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 ...

Born: March 29, 1790, in Greenway, Virginia... Following the sudden death of William Henry Harrison, Vice President John Tyler assumed the presidency. "His Accidency" quickly ran afoul of his own ...