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William Henry Harrison

1773 - 1841

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William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773 – April 4, 1841) was the ninth president of the United States, serving from March 4 to April 4, 1841, the shortest presidency in U.S. history. He was also the first U.S. president to die in office, causing a brief constitutional crisis, since presidential succession was not then fully defined in the U.S. Constitution. Harrison was the last president born as a British subject in the Thirteen Colonies. He was a member of the Harrison family of Virginia, a son of Benjamin Harrison V, who was a U.S. Founding Father; he was also the grandfather of Benjamin Harrison, the 23rd U.S. president. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Henry Harrison is the 1,264th most popular politician (down from 1,136th in 2019), the 411th most popular biography from United States (down from 336th in 2019) and the 63rd most popular American Politician.

William Henry Harrison is most famous for being the ninth president of the United States. He served as president for only one month before dying of pneumonia.

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Among politicians, William Henry Harrison ranks 1,264 out of 19,576. Before him are John III of Portugal, Margaret of Parma, Peter III of Aragon, Sarah Palin, Grigory Potemkin, and Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York. After him are Pierre Laval, Alexander of Greece, Bảo Đại, Lajos Kossuth, Mary of Clopas, and Benjamin Disraeli.

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Among people born in 1773, William Henry Harrison ranks 5. Before him are Louis Philippe I, Klemens von Metternich, Robert Brown, and Thomas Young. After him are Friedrich Mohs, Ludwig Tieck, Louis I of Etruria, Luisa of Naples and Sicily, Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, Queen of Sardinia, Aimé Bonpland, and Jean Charles Léonard de Sismondi. Among people deceased in 1841, William Henry Harrison ranks 4. Before him are Nicolas Appert, Johann Friedrich Herbart, and Mikhail Lermontov. After him are Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, Caroline of Baden, George Green, Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno, Friedrich Sertürner, Johan August Arfwedson, and Félix Savart.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Henry Harrison ranks 411 out of 20,380. Before him are Josiah Willard Gibbs (1839), James Brown (1933), Geraldine Chaplin (1944), George Smith (1941), Sarah Palin (1964), and Iggy Pop (1947). After him are Arthur Compton (1892), Shaquille O'Neal (1972), Antony Blinken (1962), O. Henry (1862), Tim Burton (1958), and Glenn Close (1947).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, William Henry Harrison ranks 63. Before him are James A. Garfield (1831), Bernie Sanders (1941), William Howard Taft (1857), Warren G. Harding (1865), Franklin Pierce (1804), and Sarah Palin (1964). After him are Robert F. Kennedy (1925), Fiorello H. La Guardia (1882), Lou Henry Hoover (1874), Bill Nelson (1942), Millard Fillmore (1800), and Edith Wilson (1872).

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