William Harrison, a frontier army general whose fame ... John Tyler. The Whigs, led by Henry Clay, fielded Harrison as a war hero candidate in 1840. During the campaign, they downplayed ...

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Many historians will tell you it was pneumonia that killed President William Henry Harrison. The popular belief is that he developed the infection after catching a cold while delivering his ...

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 ...

The National Weather Service said Harrison's Inauguration Day began with a morning low of 34 degrees and eventually reached 51 degrees in the afternoon. While it rained, there are no reliable ...

When 9th President William Henry Harrison died while in office in 1841, his vice president, John Tyler, became the answer to a trivia question: Tyler was the first VP to assume the office of the ...

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, ...