William Henry Harrison
 9. President

Wlliam Henry Harrison
  Born Berkeley, Charles City County, Virginia
February 9, 1773
 


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  Ancestry English
  Married to Anna Tuthill Symmes

Born:
Morristown, New Jersey
July 25, 1775

Died:
North Bend, Ohio
February 25, 1864

Married:
North Bend, Ohio
November 25, 1795


Anna Tuthill Symmes Harrison
 Anna Tuthill Symmes Harrison


 William Henry Harrison


-The President is the most extraordinary man I ever saw. he does not seem to realize the vast importance of his elevation. He is as tickled with the Presidency as is a young woman with a new bonnet
- Martin van Buren 1841. 


- I have not seen old "Tip", but all represent him as merry as a cricket, careless of the future, garrulous in the display of obscene stories, thoroughly intent with the spirit of lecherey
-William L. Marcy, 1841


- It is almost distressing to see Harrison. He is now in his 69th year, with the full share of infirmity belonging to that age, and very little of even the physical strength necessary to encounter the heavy responsibility belonging to his station. Yet, as unconscious as a child of his difficulties and thos of the country. He seem to enjoy his elevation as a mere affair of personal vanity.
- John C. Calhoun, 1841  


Harrison's last words was:
-Sir, I wish you to understand the principles of the Government. I wish them carried out. I ask nothing more.
  Children Elisabeth Bassett (1796-1846)          Benjamin           (1806-1840) 
John Symmes      (1798-1830)          Mary Symmes    (1809-1842)
Lucy Singleton     (1800-1826)          Carter Bassett     (1811-1839)
Willian Henry        (1802-1838)         Anna Tuthill         (1813-1845)
John Scott            (1804-1878)         James Findlay     (1814-1817)
       
  Education Attended Hampden-Sydney College, Hampden-Sydney, Virginia (1790)
Studied medicine with Benjamin Rush in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1791)
  Religion Episcopalian
  Occupations  Soldier and politician
  Prepresidental offices Secretary of the Northwest Territory (1798-1799)
U.S. representative from the Northwest Territory (1799-1800)
Governor of Indiana territory and Superintendent of Indian Affairs (1801-1813)
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives ( 1816-1819)
Member of the Ohio State Senate (1825-1821)
Member of the U.S. Senate (1825-1828)
Minister to Colombia (1828-1829)
  Military Service Rose from ensign to captain, U.S. Army (1791-1798)
Governor of Indiana Territory, Battle of Tippecanoe (1811)
Commissioned major general of Kentucky militia (1812)
Rose from brigadier general to major general in command of Northwest Territory, U.S. Army (1812-1814)
  Political party Whig
  Inaugurated as president March 4. 1841
The Capitol, Washington D.C.
  Age at inauguration 68 years
   Died April 4, 1841 
Washington D.C.
Age 68 years