He died of the presidency.(Flashback: To know nothing of what happened before you were born is to remain ever a child--Cicero)(William Henry Harrison)

The American Enterprise | April 1, 2006| | Copyright

Lacking an Arthur Schlesinger to paint his mayfly-brief administration in purple hues of glory, poor William Henry Harrison died and became an asterisk. Aside from a few libertarian wise guys who praise his month-long Presidency for its magnificent brevity, Old Tippecanoe is the President who doesn't really count.

A Tidewater Virginia aristocrat and son of a signer of the Declaration of Independence, Harrison served as governor of the Indiana Territory, U.S. senator and representative, and minister to Colombia. In 1811, he commanded the territorial militia at the ...

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