The prop could revive interest in a long-lost factoid about Indiana: When William Henry Harrison ran for president in the mid-1800s, his staff rolled large spheres between towns on the campaign trail, ...

William Henry Harrison, the 9th president ... Michael Morgan At the end of the Young Men's Whig Convention, the large campaign ball was awarded to Delaware for having the most delegates at ...

A lithograph depicts William Henry Harrison's presidential inauguration in 1841. His candidacy in 1840 was the first time American women became openly involved in a presidential campaign.

Advertisement This week’s episode recalls the 1840 campaign of presidential candidate William Henry Harrison, humble farmer of North Bend, Ohio, and hero of the Battle of Tippecanoe. Or at least ...

William Henry Harrison ... fire and study moral philosophy." The Whig campaign seized on the log cabin and hard cider image as a metaphor for Harrison's "frontier virtues." The country was ...

William Henry Harrison ... to mar the tranquility of the day." Behind Harrison came an inauguration version of the 1840 presidential campaign's log cabin and hard cider political rallies, complete ...

Born in 1773, William Harrison grew ... the 1836 presidential election, Harrison was a candidate again in 1840. His military career was highlighted in the campaign, and “Tippecanoe and Tyler ...

Washington Post humor columnist Alexandra Petri, along with Barbara Bair and Dr. Philip Mackowiak, deconstruct Harrison's transformative presidential campaign and debunk the myth of what killed ...

William Henry Harrison ... about our ninth president. Harrison's time in office may have been a trifling 31 days, but his road to the White House is legendary. The campaign of 1840 was "very ...

No one as old as William Henry ... Harrison except that he caught pneumonia after his inauguration and died within a month. But if there’s not much to say about Harrison’s presidency, the ...

In 1840, the Whig party nominated William ... Ball is in motion.’ ” Harrison and his running mate, John Tyler, ran under the snappy slogan, “Tippecanoe and Tyler too!” The Harrison ...