When it comes to choosing topics for a newspaper column, sometimes a writer needs to be serious. Over the past several weeks, I’ve written about Hurricane Helene and the 2024 ...

He was born in Virginia, but some say there is a case to be made that he should be considered an Ohio president.

and the most historically significant fatality was that of William Henry Harrison in 1841. Harrison decided to brave the elements and deliver the longest inauguration speech ever, an oration ...

George Washington's second inaugural address was the shortest — he delivered a mere 135 words in March 1793, in a speech lasting less than two minutes. William Henry Harrison's 1841 speech was ...

UniversalImagesGroup//Getty Images Taft and his wife riding through Washington in an open carriage in a snowstorm after his inauguration ceremony in 1909. William Henry Harrison's inauguration in ...

If there's two things people know about William Henry Harrison, it's that he gave the longest inauguration speech, but was president for the shortest amount of time. His address lasted nearly two ...