PostEverything How William Henry Harrison invented the inaugural parade And why presidents should dress for the weather.

• Born in 1773, William Harrison grew up as the youngest of seven children during the Revolutionary War. • Harrison’s family was part of Virginia’s elite, friendly with George Washington ...

He died of typhoid fever!The Fix William Henry Harrison didn’t die of pneumonia. And a bunch of other things I didn’t know about our 9th president.

• Born in 1773, William Harrison grew up as the youngest of seven children during the Revolutionary War. • Harrison’s family was part of Virginia’s elite, friendly with George Washington ...

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William Henry Harrison served as President of the United States from March 4, 1841 to April 4, 1841. The shortest term of any Chief Executive. The highest office in the land was in uncharted ...

William Henry Harrison's bid for the presidency in 1840 changed how campaigns were run.

Only one father-and-son pair held the presidency before Presidents George H.W. and George W. Bush (John and John Quincy Adams) and one father and grandson has (William Henry Harrison and Benjamin ...

More proof that history is not static: Scientists are re-diagnosing the death of a president who passed away in 1841. Turns out that President William Henry Harrison — once thought to have died ...

(The shortest such speech, George Washington's second inaugural address, was a mere 135 words.) Just before concluding, Harrison paused, and Chief Justice Taney approached.