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The William Henry Harrison Tomb State Memorial is the final resting place of William Henry Harrison, ninth President of the United States, his wife Anna Harrison, and his son John Scott Harrison (father of the twenty-third President, Benjamin Harrison).
The William Henry Harrison Memorial in North Bend, Ohio. Harrison's death called attention to an ambiguity in Article II, Section 1, Clause 6 of the Constitution regarding succession to the presidency. The Constitution specifically provided for the vice president to take over the "Powers and Duties of the said Office" in the event of a ...
William Henry Harrison [14] April 4, 1841 [15] [G] William Henry Harrison Tomb State Memorial [H] North Bend: Ohio: 10 John Tyler [17] January 18, 1862: Hollywood Cemetery: Richmond: Virginia: 11 James K. Polk [18] June 15, 1849: Tennessee State Capitol [I] Nashville: Tennessee: 12 Zachary Taylor [19] July 9, 1850 [G] Zachary Taylor National ...
Fort William Henry Harrison, a military fort in Montana, was initially named Fort Harrison in 1892 to honor President Benjamin Harrison, the twenty-third president, but the fort was renamed in 1906 as a tribute to William Henry Harrison, the ninth president, after it was discovered that a U.S. Army fort in Indianapolis had already been named in ...
The first state funeral was for William Henry Harrison, who died on April 4, 1841, after only one month in office. As he was the first U.S. president to die in office, there was no established way of mourning a deceased incumbent president. Alexander Hunter, a Washington merchant, was commissioned to plan the ceremony.
Anna Tuthill Harrison (née Symmes; July 25, 1775 – February 25, 1864) was the first lady of the United States in 1841 as the wife of President William Henry Harrison.She served in the role for only one month, as her husband contracted pneumonia and died shortly after his term began.
The arms of William Henry Harrison (1773–1841), of the James River Harrisons, are sourced to Yorkshire; they depict three eagles and are mentioned in the arms of "Harrison of the North", granted in England in 1574, as well as those of "Harrison of London", granted in 1613 with a pedigree dating from 1374.
William Henry Harrison, nicknamed Old Tippecanoe, died just a month after taking office in 1841.His death is the first attributed to the Curse of Tippecanoe. The Curse of Tippecanoe (also known as Tecumseh's Curse, the 20-year Curse [1] or the Zero Curse [2]) is an urban legend [3] about the deaths in office of presidents of the United States who were elected in years divisible by 20.