William Henry Harrison, who was nicknamed “Old Tippecanoe” was the ninth president of the United States and was born on February 9, 1773 in Charles City County, Virginia. He attended Hampden Sydney College in 1787 where he studied history and then later on joined his brother to learn medicine in Richmond, Virginia in 1790. That same year he switched his interest and joined the First Infantry of the Regular Army in 1791. Later he headed northwest where he spent much of his life.
William Henry Harrison was born in the Berkeley Plantation where he grew up and worked as a planter. Out of four girls and three boys, including him, he was the youngest son of Benjamin Harrison V, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, and Elizabeth Bassett Harrison. His family had a history in politics for five generations who served in the office. William was sent to a grammar school by Berkley in his childhood.
As he grew up William decided to become a doctor and attended an academy in Southampton County. Later he dropped out of Hampden Sydney College as he was not able to afford it. In 1790 he joined his brother in Richmond where he studied medicine. Later on he headed towards Philadelphia where he went for medical study under Dr. Benjamin Rush who was considered the Father of American Psychiatry. When his father, Benjamin, died on April 24th, 1791, William left Philadelphia and joined the United States First Infantry of the regular army (Garraty).
William served in the Northwest Territories under General Anthony Wayne who was in a struggle against the Northwest Indian Confederation on the encroachment of white settlers. He enjoyed the reputation that the white settlers had for him as an Indian Fighter. On August 20th, 1794 the campa...
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...ticized the expansion of executive power, the independent treasury, the spoils system, and abolitionism in his inaugural address. On April 4th only lasting one month in office, President William Henry Harrison died of pneumonia at the age of sixty-eight. John Tyler, Vice President from Virginia, became the tenth President of the United States taking oath on April 6 (Linton).
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