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William Henry Harrison was the 9th U.S. President (1841). He was born in Charles City County, Virginia, in 1773. No one ever got a chance to find out if William would have been a good president. That’s because he served the shortest amount of time in office of any president in history.
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The birthplace of William Henry Harrison was in Charles City County, Virginia on his father's family plantation. The family plantation was called Berkeley. Berkeley Plantation is on the James River about 20 miles below Richmond.
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William Henry Harrison, the 9th US President, was born 9 Feb 1773 in Virginia. He was one of very few presidents whose was elected while in the Whig political party. He served the shortest term in office … only thirty-two days … before his death due to pneumonia.
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Whig candidates William Henry Harrison and John Tyler of Virginia were elected after a campaign in which Harrison was associated with humble life in a log cabin. Actually, Harrison, born at "Berkeley" plantation, and Tyler were originally Virginia patricians. Harrison was the son of a signer of the Declaration of Independence and a relation of the later President Benjamin Harrison. In one image General Harrison is seated beside the cabin and a barrel of hard cider.
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William Henry Harrison (1773-1841) was born in Virginia and educated at Hampden-Sidney College. He entered medical school but left when his father died in 1791. From 1792-1794 Harrison was Anthony Wayne's aide-de-camp in battles against the Miami Indians and was promoted to captain in 1797.
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William Henry Harrison was born on February 9, 1773, in Berkeley, Virginia. He came from rather wealthy roots, as his father, Benjamin Harrison, was a member of the First Continental Congress, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and the governor of Virginia.
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