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President William Henry Harrison was a member of what political party?
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William Henry Harrison was the ninth president of the United States. He was a member of the Whig party. Harrison only held office for one month, and was the first president to die while serving.
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∙ 10y agoThe Whig Party was a political party active in the early 19th century in the United States. This name was chosen to echo the American Whigs of 1776, who fought for independence, and because "Whig" was then a widely recognized label of choice for people who identified as opposing tyranny. Four Presidents of the United States were members of the Whig Party. William Henry Harrison was the ninth President of the United States, and the first president to represent the Whig Party.
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∙ 12y agoWhig.
Harrison was a whig.
William Henry Harrison was a Whig.
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∙ 11y agoWilliam Henry Harrison was a member of the Whig party. The Whigs were a new party, formed mostly to counter the Democratic Party of Andrew Jackson.
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Only president who wasnt a member of a political party?
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What was the highest political office obtained by a former member of the KKK?
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