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Harrison was the western Whig candidate for president in 1836, one of four regional Whig party candidates. The others were Daniel Webster, Hugh L. White, and Willie P. Mangum. More than one Whig candidate emerged in an effort to defeat the incumbent Vice President Martin Van Buren, who was the popular Jackson-chosen Democrat. [90]
The presidency of William Henry Harrison, who died 31 days after taking office in 1841, was the shortest in American history. [9] Franklin D. Roosevelt served the longest, over twelve years, before dying early in his fourth term in 1945. He is the only U.S. president to have served more than two terms. [10]
January 29 – Henry H. Rogers, financier (died 1909) February 4 – Hiram Stevens Maxim, firearms inventor (died 1916) February 9 – William T. Sampson, U.S. Navy admiral (died 1902) March 5 – Constance Fenimore Woolson, fiction writer and poet (died 1894) April 28 – Caroline Shawk Brooks, sculptor (died 1913)
Collins saw the 1840 campaign as "perhaps the last in which the parties focused on converting the newcomers rather than turning out the base and trying to tack on added support from the uncertain middle". [91] Holt concurred that 1840 marked such a transition, "After 1840 political leaders could predict how most men would vote.
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will mark World AIDS Day on Sunday by debuting the AIDS Memorial Quilt at the White House. A red ribbon will also be displayed on the South Portico of ...
Opinion: In the U.S., we are fortunate to have easy access to free testing and medications to prevent and combat HIV-AIDS. Forty years ago, AIDS was a death sentence. Not today, but HIV is still a ...
He was elected vice president on the 1840 Whig ticket with President William Henry Harrison, succeeding to the presidency following Harrison's death 31 days after assuming office. Tyler was a stalwart supporter and advocate of states' rights , including regarding slavery , and he adopted nationalistic policies as president only when they did ...
Since 1981, nearly 39 million people globally have died from AIDS-related illnesses, the result of HIV if left untreated. In the 1980s and '90s, the height of the epidemic, gay and bisexual men ...