Jan. 20 has a cooler average high of 42.9 degrees. The all-time record ... Fatal Inaugurations: William Henry Harrison, 1841, and Franklin Pierce, 1853 The weather has caused two inaugurations ...

WASHINGTON – March 4, 1841, is remembered as more than just ... history and are blamed for the demise of President William Henry Harrison, who served the shortest presidency in American history.

William Henry Harrison's 1841 speech was the longest, clocking in at 8,460 words and taking 1 hour and 45 minutes to deliver on a particularly blustery day. He died exactly a month into his ...

On March 4, 1841, William Henry Harrison delivered what is the longest inaugural address in United States history, both in terms of its word count and length of time. His speech consisted of a who ...