William Harrison ... The Whigs, led by Henry Clay, fielded Harrison as a war hero candidate in 1840. During the campaign, they downplayed Harrison's genteel origins and portrayed him as a hard ...

Due to his military career, William Henry Harrison became the frontrunner of the Whig Party—a new political faction assembled by opposition to Jackson. Despite his aristocratic Virginian roots, the ...

He took office in 1841, after William Henry Harrison died. And he still has one ... which had been neglected during the Civil ...

1840: Whigs: William Henry Harrison In 1840 the Whig Party ran a ... Zachary Taylor The Whigs were split by the annexation from the Mexican War. They attempted to offset this damage by declaring ...

Sometimes called "Harrison's Mess Table" because it was a stopping place for William Henry Harrison's soldiers ... Fort Seneca in Old Fort during the War of 1812. This photograph shows ladies ...

On Memorial Day, we put flowers on the graves of our fallen war heroes. On Christmas ... ignore that Presidents Ronald Reagan and William Henry Harrison were also born in February.