William Henry Harrison, U.S. General and President

William Henry Harrison, U.S. General and President William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773â€April 4, 1841) was a U.S. military officer and the ninth leader of the United States. He drove American powers during the Northwest Indian War and the War of 1812. Harrisons time in the White House was brief, as he kicked the bucket around one month into his term of typhoid fever. Quick Facts: William Henry Harrison Known For: Harrison was the ninth leader of the United States.Born: February 9, 1773 in Charles City County, Virginia ColonyParents: Benjamin Harrison Vâ and Elizabeth Bassett HarrisonDied: April 4, 1841 in Washington, D.C.Education: University of PennsylvaniaSpouse: Anna Tuthill Symmes Harrison (m. 1795-1841)Children: Elizabeth, John, William, Lucy, Benjamin, Mary, Carter, Anna Early Life Conceived at Berkeley Plantation, Virginia, on February 9, 1773, William Henry Harrison was the child of Benjamin Harrison V and Elizabeth Bassett (he was the last United States president to be conceived before the American Revolution). An agent to the Continental Congress and endorser of the Declaration of Independence, the senior Harrison later filled in as legislative leader of Virginia and utilized his political associations with guarantee that his child got appropriate instruction. Subsequent to being coached at home for quite a long while, William Henry was sent to Hampden-Sydney College at age 14 to contemplate history and the works of art. At his dads request, he enlisted at the University of Pennsylvania in 1790 to contemplate medication under Dr. Benjamin Rush. Be that as it may, Harris didn't locate the clinical calling just as he would prefer. At the point when his dad kicked the bucket in 1791, Harrison was left without cash for tutoring. Subsequent to learning of his circumstance, Governor Henry Light-Horse Harry Lee III of Virginia urged the youngster to join the military. Harrison was charged as an ensign in the first U.S. Infantry and sent to Cincinnati for administration in the Northwest Indian War. He substantiated himself a capable official and was elevated to lieutenant the next June and turned into a confidant to Major General Anthony Wayne. Taking in order abilities from the skilled Pennsylvanian, Harrison partook in Waynes 1794 triumph over the Western Confederacy at the Battle of Fallen Timbers. This triumph viably concluded the war; Harrison was among the individuals who marked the 1795 Treaty of Greenville. Outskirts Post In 1795, Harrison met Anna Tuthill Symmes, the little girl of Judge John Cleves Symmes. A previous volunteer army colonel and agent to the Continental Congress from New Jersey, Symmes had become an unmistakable figure in the Northwest Territory. At the point when Judge Symmes declined Harrisons solicitation to wed Anna, the couple ran off and marry on November 25. They would at last have 10 youngsters, one of whom, John Scott Harrison, would be the dad of future president Benjamin Harrison. Harrison surrendered his bonus on June 1, 1798, and battled for a post in the regional government. These endeavors demonstrated fruitful and he was designated Secretary of the Northwest Territory on June 28, 1798, by President John Adams. During his residency, Harrison much of the time filled in as acting representative when Governor Arthur St. Clair was missing. Harrison was named the territorys representative to Congress the next March. In spite of the fact that he couldn't cast a ballot, Harrison served on a few Congressional councils and assumed a key job in opening the region to new pilgrims. With the development of the Indiana Territory in 1800, Harrison left Congress to acknowledge an arrangement as the locales senator. Subsequent to moving to Vincennes, Indiana, in January 1801, he fabricated a chateau named Grouseland and attempted to get the title to Native American terrains. After two years, President Thomas Jefferson approved Harrison to finish up settlements with the Native Americans. During his residency, Harrison finished up 13 arrangements which saw the exchange of more than 60,000,000 sections of land of land. Harrison likewise started campaigning for a suspension of Article 6 of the Northwest Ordinance with the goal that servitude would be allowed in the region. Harrisons demands were denied by Washington. Tippecanoe Campaign In 1809, strains with Native Americans started to expand following the Treaty of Fort Wayne, which saw the Miami sell land that was possessed by the Shawnee. The next year, the Shawnee siblings Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa (The Prophet) came to Grouseland to request that the settlement be ended. After they were can't, the siblings started attempting to frame a confederation to square white development. To contradict this, Harrison was approved by Secretary of War William Eustis to raise a military as a demonstration of power. Harrison walked against the Shawnee while Tecumseh was away energizing his clans. Digging in close to the clans base, Harrisons armed force involved a solid position flanked by Burnett Creek on the west and a lofty feign toward the east. Because of the quality of the landscape, Harrison chose not to sustain the camp. This position was assaulted on the morning of November 7, 1811. The following Battle of Tippecanoe saw his men turn around rehashed attacks before driving off the Native Americans with decided black powder gun discharge and a charge by the armys dragoons. In the wake of his triumph, Harrison turned into a national saint. With the episode of the War of 1812 the next June, Tecumsehs War became subsumed into the bigger clash as the Native Americans favored the British. War of 1812 The war on the wilderness started lamentably for the Americans with the loss of Detroit in August 1812. After this thrashing, the American order in the Northwest was redesigned and after a few quarrels about position, Harrison was made authority of the Army of the Northwest on September 17, 1812. Subsequent to being elevated to significant general, Harrison worked perseveringly to change his military from an undeveloped crowd into a trained battling power. Unfit to go into all out attack mode while British boats controlled Lake Erie, Harrison attempted to protect American settlements and requested the development of Fort Meigs along the Maumee River in northwest Ohio. In late April, he safeguarded the fortification during an endeavored attack by British powers drove by Major General Henry Proctor. In late September 1813, after the American triumph at the Battle of Lake Erie, Harrison moved to the assault. Carried to Detroit by Master Commandant Oliver H. Perrys successful unit, Harrison recovered the settlement before starting a quest for British and Native American powers under Proctor and Tecumseh. Harrison won a key triumph at the Battle of the Thames, which saw Tecumseh murdered and the war on the Lake Erie front adequately finished. Despite the fact that a talented and well known leader, Harrison surrendered the accompanying summer after conflicts with Secretary of War John Armstrong. Political Career In the years following the war, Harrison helped in finishing up bargains with the Native Americans, served a term in Congress (1816â€1819), and invested energy in the Ohio state senate (1819â€1821). Chosen for the U.S. Senate in 1824, he slice his term short to acknowledge an arrangement as minister to Colombia. There, Harrison addressed Simon Bolivar on the benefits of majority rules system. In 1836, Harrison was drawn nearer by the Whig Party to run for president. Accepting they would be not able to vanquish the well known Democrat Martin Van Buren, the Whigs ran numerous competitors wanting to drive the political race to be settled in the House of Representatives. In spite of the fact that Harrison drove the Whig ticket in many states, the arrangement fizzled, and Van Buren was chosen. After four years, Harrison came back to presidential governmental issues and drove a brought together Whig ticket. Crusading with John Tyler under the motto Tippecanoe and Tyler Too, Harrison underlined his military record while accusing the discouraged economy for Van Buren. Advanced as a straightforward frontiersman, in spite of his refined Virginia roots, Harrison had the option to handily vanquish the more elitist Van Buren. Demise Harrison made the vow of office on March 4, 1841. In spite of the fact that it was a cold and wet day, he wore neither a cap nor coat as he read his two-hour debut address. He became sick with a virus on March 26, not long after getting down to business. While prevalent misconception accuses this ailment for his delayed debut discourse, there is little proof to help this hypothesis. The virus immediately transformed into pneumonia and pleurisy, and regardless of the best endeavors of his primary care physicians, Harrison passed on April 4, 1841. Inheritance At age 68, Harrison was the most established U.S. president to be confirmed preceding Ronald Reagan. He served the briefest term of any president (one month). His grandson Benjamin Harrison was chosen president in 1888. Sources Collins, Gail. William Henry Harrison. Times Books, 2012.Doak, Robin S. William Henry Harrison. Compass Point Books, 2004.