In her biography "William Henry Harrison," author Gail Collins, the New York Times columnist and Green Township native, explained, "Politically, Harrison's greatest achievement was to star in what ...

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 ...

Though some view William Henry Harrison as notable only for his non-achievements — his presidency was the shortest in American history, he never appointed a federal judge, his wife never even sa ...

No one as old as William Henry Harrison had ever run for president ... Log cabin imagery became so powerful, wrote Gail Collins in her biography of Harrison, “that it became almost imperative ...

The man was William Henry “Old Tippecanoe” Harrison, the Whig Party candidate in 1840. He was 67. “Give him a barrel of hard cider and settle a pension of two thousand a year on him,” one ...

Sue Ann Painter talked about her book, William Henry Harrison: Father of the West ... about his approach to writing as he works on his biography of President Gerald Ford. C-SPAN’s Local ...

General William Henry Harrison led a stunning victory over British forces and their Native allies in the Battle of the Thames on this day in history, Oct. 5, 1813. The swift American victory in ...

Barely a footnote as chief executive because he died after a month in office, Harrison (1773–1841) receives a surprisingly entertaining biography from Collins (When Everything Changed ...