Presidency of William Henry Harrison (1841)

By Lyla_Lula
  • Harrison becomes the ninth President; Tyler, Vice President

    Harrison becomes the ninth President; Tyler, Vice President

    William Henry Harrison, an American military officer and politician, was the ninth President of the United States (1841), the oldest President to be elected at the time.
  • Supreme Court finds for Amistad defendants. Freeing them.

    Supreme Court finds for Amistad defendants. Freeing them.

    The Supreme Court ruled 7-1 to uphold the lower courts' decisions in favor of the Africans of the Amistad. Justice Joseph Story delivered the majority opinion, writing that “There does not seem to us to be any ground for doubt, that these negroes ought to be deemed free.”
  • President Harrison dies after only a month in office

    President Harrison dies after only a month in office

    William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773 – April 4, 1841) was an American military officer and politician who served as the ninth president of the United States for 31 days in 1841, becoming the first president to die in office and the shortest-serving U.S. president in history.