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| William Henry Harrison
(1773 - 1841)
| Timeline |
| 1773 |
Born 9 February |
| 1790 |
Attends University of Pennsylvania, studies medicine |
| 1791 |
Father dies, Harrison leaves university and is commissioned as an ensign in the U.S. Army |
| 1795 |
Marries Anna Tuthill Symmes |
| 1796 |
Daughter, Elizabeth, born |
| 1798 |
President John Adams appoints Harrison secretary of the Northwest Territory |
| 1798 |
Son, John, born |
| 1800 |
Adams names Harrison governor of the Indian Territory - present day Indiana and Illinoi |
| 1800 |
Daughter, Lucy, born |
| 1802 |
Son, William, born |
| 1806 |
Son, John Scott, born |
| 1809 |
Daughter, Mary, born |
| 1809 |
Treaty of Fort Wayne |
| 1811 |
"Tecumseh's War" |
| 1811 |
Son, Carter, born |
| 1812 |
War of 1812 - takes command of the Army of the Northwest |
| 1813 |
Daughter, Anna, born |
| 1814 |
Son, James, born |
| 1816 |
Serves in the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio |
| 1819 |
Serves in the Ohio State Senate |
| 1820 |
Defeated as a candidate for governor of Ohio |
| 1824 |
Elected to the U.S. Senate |
| 1828 |
Minister to Colombia |
| 1836 |
Northern Whig candidate for President, but loses the election to Martin Van Buren |
| 1840 |
Again runs for president wins in a landslide victory |
| 1841 |
Dies 4 April, of pneumonia - a month after taking office |
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