What good things did William Henry Harrison do?

Answer 1

William Henry Harrison defeated the Indian Chief Tecumseh at the Battle of Tippecanoe.Harrison was the son of Benjamin Harrison, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Harrison was the first President to study Medicine. When Harrison was elected President in 1840, the Indian leader Tecumseh placed a curse on him, saying that every president elected in a year that ends with a 0 will die while in office. Harrison died while in office, as did Lincoln, elected in 1860, Garfield, elected in 1880, McKinley, elected in 1900, Harding, elected in 1920, Roosevelt, elected in 1940, and Kennedy, elected in 1960. Reagan, elected in 1980, broke the curse, but was almost assassinated while in office. When William was elected he was the first president to receive over one million popular votes.

Answer 2

He had the shortest Presidency in American history, dying in office after one month. He was the oldest President elected at that time, and he gave the longest inaugural address in American history after a grueling trip to Washington in the bitterly cold and rainy day. He caught a cold that become pneumonia, which would kill him.

Answer 3

Harrison was the ninth President of the United States. He was also a general in the War of 1812 and attained fame as an Indian fighter. He was also a US senator and the ambassador to Colombia.

Answer 4

William Henry Harrison (1773-1841) was the 9th President of the US, although he died after just a month in office. He had gained notoriety as a military leader in 1811 in the Indian wars that preceded the War of 1812.

William Henry Harrison was the first Whig to enter office, and the first President to die in office. Harrison's significance in presidential history does not lie in his brief term in office, but rather in the innovative campaign techniques designed by his party to secure him the office. Savvy advisers eyed the electorate and wholly altered their candidate's résumé and image to fit what the public wanted. Harrison's handlers made a common man out of Virginia aristocracy. Countless succeeding campaigns have taken this lesson and ridden it to victory. For example, it is doubtful that Abraham Lincoln ever actually split fence rails. Furthermore, Theodore Roosevelt, despite his cowboy image, enjoyed genteel Eastern wealth. Finally, the pork-rind-loving George Bush, as a boy, rode in chauffeured automobiles to elite private schools.

Harrison did not create a Whig dynasty. After his death, his running mate, former Democrat John Tyler would alienate the Whigs and ally himself with his former party. Only Zachary Taylor would be elected by the Whigs, and Millard Fillmore would succeed him in office. Thereafter the party would be absorbed into the Republican Party in 1854.

William Henry Harrison, of course, is a much more prominent player in the history of America than in the history of its presidency. He is remembered as the most dominant figure in the evolution of the Northwest territories into the Upper Midwest today. As both soldier and statesman, Harrison spent virtually his entire adult life championing this region.

Whenever a President dies in office, there is considerable debate as to what he would and would not have done, given a full term. Because his time in office was so short and he believed that Congress should be the dominant policymaker, it is impossible to assess the probable course of a Harrison presidency. The death of Harrison prevented the congressional Whigs from consolidating power. Within a decade and a half, the party was in pieces, splintered into the existing Democrats and a new party, the Republicans.

Answer 5

William Henry Harrison is probably best known for having served the least time as president. He died one month after his inauguration.

Answer 6

It was noteworthy because Harrison died after a month in office and so became the first president to give up his office to the. vice president.

Answer 7

For being president for only 32 days.