William Henry Harrison
At a Glance
9th President of the United States (1841)
Born:
February 9, 1773, Berkeley plantation, Charles City County, Virginia
Nickname:
"Old Tippecanoe"; "Old Tip"
Education:
Hampden-Sydney College
Marriage:
November 25, 1795, to Anna Tuthill Symmes (1775-1864)
Children:
Elizabeth Bassett (1796-1846), John Cleves Symmes (1798-1830), Lucy Singleton (1800-1826), William Henry (1802-1838), John Scott (1806-1840), Mary Symmes (1809-1842), Carter Bassett (1811-1839),
Anna Tuthill (1813-1865), James Findlay (1814-1817)
Religion:
Episcopalian
Career:
Soldier
Political Party:
Whig
Died:
April 4, 1841, Washington, D.C.
Buried:
William Henry Harrison Memorial State Park, North Bend, Ohio
A Life in Brief:
William Henry Harrison served the shortest time of any American President -- only thirty-two days. He also was the first President from the Whig Party. He had won his nickname, "Old Tip," as the tough commanding general of American forces who defeated hostile Native Americans at the Battle of Tippecanoe in the Ohio River Valley in 1811.
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Essays on William Henry Harrison and His Administration
Consulting Editor:
William Freehling
Professor Freehling is a senior fellow at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and the emeritus Singletary Professor of the Humanities at the University of Kentucky. His writings include:
The Road to Disunion, 1776-1861
(2 volumes; Oxford University Press, 1990 and 2007)
The Reintegration of American History: Slavery and the Civil War
(Oxford University Press, 1994)
Prelude to Civil War: the Nullification Controversy in South Carolina, 1816-1836
(Oxford University Press, 1992)