William Henry Harrison

William Henry Harrison, born February 9, 1773, in Charles City County, Virginia, and died April 4, 1841, served as the ninth President of the United States, holding office for only 31 days, the shortest presidency in American history. A military officer who won fame defeating a Native American confederacy at the 1811 Battle of Tippecanoe and later in the War of 1812, he campaigned in 1840 under the slogan Tippecanoe and Tyler Too. He is traditionally said to have fallen ill after delivering a lengthy inaugural address in cold weather, dying in office of what was recorded at the time as pneumonia, and was succeeded by his Vice President, John Tyler.