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Biography, US Presidents, William Henry Harrison (1841)

Biography, US Presidents, William Henry Harrison (1841)

William Henry Harrison (1841) was the 9th President of the United States.

He was born in 1773 in Charles City County, Virginia.

He was the last president born as a British subject before the American Revolution.

He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1791 and served in the army until 1798.

In the early 1800s, he was elected to the United States House of Representatives and later to the United States Senate.

In 1840, he was elected president as a member of the Whig Party.

He is most famous for his brief stint in office as president; he died just 32 days into his presidency after catching a cold on his inauguration day.

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