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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—OhioHARRISON, William Henry
(1773—1841)
Senate Years of Service:
1825-1828
Party:
Adams
HARRISON, William Henry, (son of Benjamin Harrison [1726-1791], father of John Scott Harrison, brother of Carter Bassett Harrison, grandfather of Benjamin Harrison, and great-great-grandfather of William Henry Harrison [1896-1990]), a Delegate from the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio, a Representative and a Senator from Ohio, and 9th President of the United States; born on ‘Berkeley Plantation,’ Charles City County, Va., February 9, 1773; pursued classical studies; attended Hampden-Sidney College, Virginia; studied medicine; entered the Army in 1798 as an ensign in the First Infantry, served in the Indian wars, and rose to the rank of lieutenant; resigned from the Army in 1798; appointed secretary of the Northwest Territory 1798-1799; elected as a Delegate from the Northwest Territory to the Sixth Congress and served from March 4, 1799, to May 14, 1800, when he resigned to become Territorial Governor of Indiana 1801-1813 and also Indian commissioner; defeated the Indians at Tippecanoe in November 1811; major general in the United States Army in the War of 1812; resigned from the Army in 1814; head commissioner to treat with the Indians; elected to the Fourteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John McLean; reelected to the Fifteenth Congress and served from October 8, 1816, to March 3, 1819; unsuccessful candidate for governor, Ohio in 1820; member, State senate 1819-1821; presidential elector in Ohio in 1822; unsuccessful candidate for House of Representatives in 1822; elected to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1825, to May 20, 1828, when he resigned to become Minister to Colombia 1828-1829; chairman, Committee on Military Affairs (Nineteenth and Twentieth Congresses); unsuccessful Whig candidate for president in 1836; elected President of the United States in 1840 and served from March 4, 1841, until his death in Washington, D.C., April 4, 1841; interment in William Henry Harrison Memorial State Park, opposite Congress Green Cemetery, North Bend, Ohio.
Bibliography
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. Philadelphia: Porcupine Press, 1974.
Barnhart, John D., ed. “Letters of William H. Harrison to Thomas Worthington, 1799-1813.” Indiana Magazine of History
47 (March 1951): 53-84.
Bloom, Jo Tice. “The Congressional Delegates from the Northwest Territory, 1799-1803.” Old Northwest
3 (March 1977): 3-21.
Clanin, Douglas E., ed. “The Correspondence of William Henry Harrison and Oliver Hazard Perry, July 5, 1813-July 31, 1815.” Northwest Ohio Quarterly
60 (Autumn 1988): 153-80.
___, ed. The Papers of William Henry Harrison, 1800-1815
. Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society, 1994-. Microfilm. 3 reels and guide to date.
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. 1939. Reprint. Port Washington, NY: Kennikat Press, 1969.
Cronin, John William, and W. Harvey Wise, Jr., comps. A Bibliography of William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, James Knox Polk
. Washington: Riverford Publishing Co., 1935.
Durfee, David A., comp. William Henry Harrison, 1773-1841: John Tyler, 1790-1862: Chronology, Documents, Bibliographical Aids
. Dobbs Ferry, NY: Oceana Publications, 1970.
Esarey, Logan, ed. Messages and Letters of William Henry Harrison
. 2 vols. 1922. Reprint. New York: Arno Press, 1975.
Friedman, Bernard. “William Henry Harrison: The People Against the Parties.” In Gentlemen from Indiana: National Party Candidates, 1836-1940
, edited by Ralph D. Gray, pp. 1-28. Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Bureau, 1977.
Goebel, Dorothy Burne. William Henry Harrison: A Political Biography
. 1926. Reprint. Philadelphia: Porcupine Press, 1974.
Green, James Albert. William Henry Harrison: His Life and Times
. Richmond: Garrett & Massie, 1941.
Gunderson, Robert G. “A Search for Old Tip Himself.” Register of the Kentucky Historical Society
86 (Autumn 1988): 330-51.
Horsman, Reginald. “William Henry Harrison: Virginia Gentleman in the Old Northwest.” Indiana Magazine of History
96 (June 2000): 125-50.
Montgomery, Henry. The Life of Major-General William H. Harrison, Ninth President of the United States
. Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1852.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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