Lived

February 9, 1773 – April 4, 1841

Home State

Ohio

Party

Whig

Vice President

John Tyler

William Henry Harrison was a career soldier and hero of the Battle of Tippecanoe who won the presidency in 1840 with the slogan 'Tippecanoe and Tyler Too.' He delivered the longest inaugural address in American history in cold, rainy weather and died of pneumonia just thirty-one days later, becoming the first President to die in office. His death forced the country to confront the constitutional question of whether a Vice President becomes President in full, a precedent that John Tyler firmly established. U.S. Army officer, Governor of Indiana Territory, commander at the Battle of Tippecanoe (1811) and the War of 1812 Battle of the Thames, U.S. Representative and Senator from Ohio.

Hampden–Sydney College (attended); studied medicine briefly.

None of substance in office. His election is remembered for 'Tippecanoe and Tyler Too' — the first modern image-driven campaign. None signed.

As Territorial Governor, he pressed the Treaty of Fort Wayne on Native nations, provoking Tecumseh's resistance. His pneumonia after a lengthy inaugural address in cold rain is legend rather than settled fact.