Harrison served in the War of 1812 and rose to the rank of Major General in the U.S. Army. He was also the son of one of the Founding Fathers, Benjamin Harrison V. President Harrison was the first ...

The longest inaugural speech in US history The honour goes to William Henry Harrison, the 9th president ... From 1798 until the end of the War of 1812, his actions helped shape the Old Northwest ...

In 1841, President William Henry Harrison died a month after his inauguration ... because the Capitol was damaged during the War of 1812. The Washington Examiner reached out to Capitol Police ...

D.C. Those weather conditions have come to be associated with one of the most infamous presidential inauguration ceremonies in American history and are blamed for the demise of President William Henry ...

Elected by popular vote to be the seventh President of the United States, Andrew Jackson was considered a national hero upon defeating the British at New Orleans in the War of 1812 ... to Investopedia ...

Founding Father Alexander Hamilton became a father for the first time when his son, Philip, was born on January 22, 1782. "He ...

Anchoring the two ends of the park are statues of former Ohio-born presidents James Garfield and William Henry Harrison — both ... his victories in the War of 1812 and the Battle of Tippecanoe.

Garfield and William Henry Harrison. On average, presidents had a little over five ... I did find some interesting factoids about a few first ladies. During the war of 1812, Dolley Madison, whose ...

Old Brick Capitol: The site of the current Supreme Court Building is where James Monroe took the oath in 1817 while the Capitol was being rebuilt after the war of 1812. White House ... Hotel after the ...

He graduated from Columbia College, pursued a career in law, and served in the War of 1812. John, like his father, even served as aide-de-camp to a future president: William Henry Harrison. However, ...

HARRISON, Mrs. WILLIAM HENRY, widow of President HARRISON ... JOHNSON, HENRY, a Louisiana statesman, member of Constitutional Convention 1812, United States Senator 1818, 1824 and 1844-49 ...

Many whites feared the Native Americans or wanted their land, and in 1801 William Henry Harrison, then-governor of the Indiana ... but continued to promote the healing aspects of the Yellow Spring. In ...