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The inauguration of William Henry Harrison as the ninth president of the United States was held on Thursday, March 4, 1841, at the East Portico of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. This was the 14th inauguration and marked the commencement of the only four-year term of both William Henry Harrison as president and John Tyler as vice ...
William Henry Harrison was the seventh and youngest child of Benjamin Harrison V and Elizabeth (Bassett) Harrison. Born on February 9, 1773, at Berkeley Plantation , the home of the Harrison family of Virginia on the James River in Charles City County , [ 1 ] he became the last United States president not born as an American citizen. [ 2 ]
President William Henry Harrison delivered his inaugural address on a bitterly cold day in March 1841. He refused to wear a coat and traveled to and from the inauguration on open horseback.
President William Henry Harrison died exactly one month after he delivered a nearly two hour inaugural address in the rain and cold. ... The National Weather Service said Harrison's Inauguration ...
The first incumbent U.S. president to die was William Henry Harrison, on April 4, 1841, only one month after Inauguration Day. He died from complications of what at the time was believed to be pneumonia. [3] The second U.S. president to die in office, Zachary Taylor, died on July 9, 1850, from acute gastroenteritis. [4]
Similar to the other presidents, Van Buren did not attend William Henry Harrison’s inauguration ceremony in 1841. Although Van Buren and Harrison shared a warm relationship, after Van Buren was ...
Martin Van Buren was, for reasons unknown, not present for the 1841 inauguration of William Henry Harrison [20] Andrew Johnson conducted a final cabinet meeting rather than attend the 1869 inauguration of Ulysses S. Grant. [21] Woodrow Wilson, due to poor health, remained inside the Capitol Building during the 1921 inauguration of Warren G ...
President Joe Biden is sworn in during the 2021 Presidential Inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, January 20, 2021.