william henry harrison

     

He used more words in his one inaugural address than FDR used in all four of his

Trivia about william henry harrison

  • The first man to receive a million votes for president in one election, he didn't get to enjoy the victory for long
  • He served the shortest term as president:one month
  • The first Whig to be elected president, he was also the first president to die in office
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  • March 4, 1841-April 4, 1841
  • To some, he was "Tippecanoe"; to others, "Old Tip"
  • "Tippecanoe"
  • His ailing wife Anna sent her daughter-in-law Jane with him to Washington, but he only served a month
  • The country Whigged out /Stormy inauguration /He's dead in a month
  • At 8,445 words, his inaugural address was the longest -- that's a little more than 263 words per day in office
  • His nearly 2-hour speech in the snow included musings on the history of democracy back to Athens
  • Clinton is the most recent William to hold the office; this man was the first
  • Anna, the wife of this president, got a pension equal to his yearly salary, despite his short term in 1841
  • In the campaign slogan "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too", he's Tippecanoe
  • He was Indiana governor for 12 years, 144 times longer than he was U.S. president
  • The "Hero of Tippecanoe"
  • Pneumonia claimed this president's life on April 4, 1841
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  • This man, "Old Tippecanoe", was elected the Northwest Territory's delegate to Congress in 1799
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  • On Nov. 7, 1811 this territorial governor of Indiana lost 62 of his men at Tippecanoe
  • What his March 4, 1841 speech should have included: "Sorry, I'm cutting this short. The weather's awful & I should go inside"
  • This general defeated Chief Tecumseh at the Battle of Tippecanoe on November 7, 1811
  • At just more than 30 days, he served the shortest term as president
  • "Tippecanoe and Tyler too"
  • In 1813, 2 years after defeating Tecumseh at Tippecanoe, this general fought & killed him at the Thames River
  • Birthday: February 9, 1773;Political Views: Whig;Activities: Kickin' butt at the Battle of Tippecanoe
  • He was our ninth president & his grandson was our twenty-third
  • In 1813 this hero of Tippecanoe defeated Tecumseh at the Thames River in Canada
  • "Old Tippecanoe"
  • In 1810 Tecumseh met with this general & future president about white claims to Indian land
  • Berkeley Plantation was the birthplace of this U.S. president whose grandson was president, too
  • Speech.32 days. Dead.
  • In August 1812 this future president was put in charge of the Northwestern Army
  • Martin lost his bid for a 2nd term as president to this man in the "Log Cabin And Hard Cider" campaign
  • This aide-de-camp to "Mad" Anthony Wayne went on to become the first U.S. president to die in office
  • 19th-century war hero and short-term US President seen here
  • That March 4, 1841 inaugural address in cold drizzle took about 2 hours; mark my words, it'll be the death of him
  • This military man elected president in 1840 wrote a "Discourse on the Aborigines of the Valley of the Ohio"
  • Tyler figured with not much to do as vice president, he could stay at home with his sick wife; then this president died...
  • Some blamed this President's death on an Indian curse put on him because of the Battle of Tippecanoe
  • His hat came up in the 1888 pres. campaign of his grandson (some said it fit, some said it was too big)
  • John Tyler--but not for long
  • On April 3, 1841, the day before he died, he said, "I am ill, very ill, much more so than they think me"
  • A president in 1841: "Honey, did I talk too long when it was so cold? Ah-choo!"

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