General informationWilliam Henry Harrison
William Henry Harrison
President order: 9
Whig
Born in Virginia
Sworn in on 3/4/1841
Age at inauguration: 68
Less than 1 term

Biography

William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773 – April 4, 1841) was the ninth President of the 
United States (1841), an American military officer and politician, and the first president
to die in office. The oldest president elected until Ronald Reagan in 1980, and last President 
to be born before the United States Declaration of Independence, Harrison died on his 32nd day
 in office of complications from pneumonia, serving the shortest tenure in United States 
presidential history. His death sparked a brief constitutional crisis, but that crisis 
ultimately resolved many questions about presidential succession left unanswered by the 
Constitution until passage of the 25th Amendment,

Early life:
William Henry Harrison was born February 9, 1773, the youngest of Benjamin Harrison V and 
Elizabeth Bassett's seven children. They were a prominent political family who lived on 
Berkeley Plantation in Charles City County, Virginia.He was the last president born as a 
British subject before American Independence. His father was a planter and a delegate to 
the Continental Congress (1774–1777) who signed the Declaration of Independence.


Marriage and family:
In 1795 Harrison met Anna Symmes, of North Bend, Ohio. She was the daughter of Judge John 
Cleves Symmes, a prominent figure in the state, and former representative to the Congress 
of the Confederation. When Harrison asked the judge for permission to marry Anna, he was 
refused. Harrison waited until Symmes left on business, then he and Anna eloped and married
 on November 25, 1795. Afterward, concerned about Harrison's ability to provide for Anna,
 Symmes sold the young couple 160 acres (65 ha) of land in North Bend


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