William Henry Harrison, is shown in this undated portrait ... an artillery unit dressed in Revolutionary War uniforms fired a 26-gun salute on the Mall, one shot for each state.

William Harrison ... and unbeknownst to Harrison, would be rejected by his successor and vice president, John Tyler. The Whigs, led by Henry Clay, fielded Harrison as a war hero candidate in ...

William Henry Harrison may not be first in the hearts of his countrymen, but he's a favorite in presidential trivia contests. "He was the only president whose wife never made it into the White ...

Our ninth president, William Henry Harrison, is firmly in the latter category, but it’s still worth knowing a little more about him. 1. He turned a Native American "prophet" into an actual prophet.

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 ...

William Harrison ... and unbeknownst to Harrison, would be rejected by his successor and vice president, John Tyler. The Whigs, led by Henry Clay, fielded Harrison as a war hero candidate in ...