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.

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.

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.

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.

William Harrison, a frontier army general whose fame (and nickname) was assured at the battle of Tippecanoe, spent only 32 days in office before dying. ' ... President Martin Van Buren.

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.

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 ...