WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON 1773 1841 NINTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES HARRISON WILLIAM HENRY 1773 1841 ELECTIONS POLITICAL PARTIES AMERICAN INDIANS ELECTIONS AND POLITICS WILLIAM HARRISON BORN IN CHARLES CITY COUNTY VIRGINIA WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON JOINED THE ARMY IN 1791 AND FOUGHT AGAINST AMERICAN INDIAN TRIBES IN THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY IN 1798 HE BECAME SECRETARY OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY AND IN 1800 HE BEGAN A 12 YEAR STINT AS GOVERNOR OF THE INDIANA TERRITORY IN 1811 HE WON A BATTLE AGAINST INDIANS NEAR TIPPECANOE CREEK IN 1812 HE COMMANDED THE U.S ARMY OF THE NORTHWEST AND WAS PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF BRIGADIER GENERAL DURING THE WAR OF 1812 HE FOUGHT AND WON DECISIVE BATTLES AGAINST THE BRITISH AND THE AMERICAN INDIAN CONFEDERACY HE WAS SOON THEREAFTER PROMOTED TO MAJOR GENERAL HARRISON WON A SEAT IN THE U.S HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN 1816 AND SERVED FOR THREE YEARS IN 1825 HE WON A SEAT IN THE SENATE IN THE ELECTION OF 1836 HE RAN FOR PRESIDENT AS A WHIG PARTY CANDIDATE BUT LOST HE WON THE 1840 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION ONE MONTH AFTER HIS INAUGURATION HE CAUGHT PNEUMONIA AND DIED BECOMING THE FIRST U.S PRESIDENT TO DIE IN OFFICE
