The president was William Henry Harrison, who had been sworn in on March 4, 1841. On the day the news article was published, April 1, 1841, Harrison actually was fighting for his life.

William Henry Harrison, the nation’s ninth president, died on this day in 1841, almost exactly a month after taking office, having served the shortest term of any president.

In 1841, William Henry Harrison died in the White House after one month in office, and John Tyler was sworn in to succeed him. But the country wasn't sure if Tyler was actually president or not.

But the ninth president won his race in 1840 using tactics familiar to most of us today. On February 9, 1773, future U.S. president William Henry Harrison was born in Virginia.

In 1840, William Henry “Granny” Harrison was mocked for his presidential run at age 67 — 15 years younger than President Biden would be at the start of a second term.

The original, signed reading copy of President Benjamin Harrison's 1889 inaugural address, which was previously held in private hands, is now on display at his presidential site in Indianapolis, ...

William Henry Harrison served as President of the United States from March 4, 1841 to April 4, 1841. The shortest term of any Chief Executive.

The life of President William Henry Harrison was celebrated in a wreath laying ceremony at his memorial site in North Bend, Ohio, Feb. 7, 2014.

Aristrocrat turned infantryman turned President William Henry Harrison accomplished much in his life: he was the first Congressional delegate from the U.S. Northwest Territory, the governor of the ...

America’s ninth president, William Henry Harrison, is remembered for two things: being long-winded and dying tragically. He had the longest inaugural address to date. He also had the shortest ...