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William Henry Harrison, 9th President of the United States





Term[]

  • March 4, 1841 - April 4, 1841 (1 month, as 9th President of the United States)
  • Preceded by Martin Van Buren
  • Succeeded by John Tyler
  • May 24, 1828 - September 26, 1829 (1 year, as US Minister to Gran Colombia)
  • Appointed by John Quincy Adams
  • Preceded by Beaufort Taylor Watts
  • Succeeded by Thomas P. Moore
  • March 4, 1825 - May 20, 1828 (3 years, as US Senator from Ohio)
  • Preceded by Ethan Allen Brown
  • Succeeded by Jacob Burnet
  • 1819 - 1821 (1-2 years, as Member of the Ohio State Senate)
  • Preceded by Ephraim Brown
  • Succeeded by Ephraim Brown
  • October 6, 1816 - March 3, 1819 (2 years, as US Representative from Ohio's 1st District)
  • Preceded by John McLean
  • Succeeded by Thomas R. Ross
  • January 10, 1801 - December 28, 1812 (11 years, as Military Governor of the Indiana Territory)
  • Succeeded by Thomas Posey
  • March 4, 1799 - May 14, 1800 (1 year, as Delegate to the US House of Representatives from the Northwest Territory)
  • Succeeded by William McMillan
  • June 28, 1798 - October 1, 1799 (1 year, as Secretary of the Northwest Territory)
  • Preceded by Winthrop Sargent
  • Succeeded by Charles Willing Byrd


Life Data[]

  • William Henry Harrison
  • Born February 9, 1773 (Charles City County, Virginia)
  • Died April 4, 1841 (68 years)
  • Occupation: Soldier, Farmer, Politician
  • Military Service: 1791-98, 1811-1814 (10 years, Major General, US Army)
  • Political Party: Democratic-Republican (1798-1828), National Republican (1828-31), Whig (1836-41)


Immediate Family[]

  • Father: Benjamin Harrison V (1726-91)
  • Mother: Elizabeth Bassett (1730-92)


  • Sibling 1: Lucy Bassett Harrison (1749-1809)
  • m.1771 Peyton Randolph (1738-84)
  • Children: 4 sons, 2 daughters
  • m.1788 Anthony Singleton (1750-95)
  • Children: 2 sons, 1 daughter
  • Sibling 2: Elizabeth Harrison (1751-91)
  • m.1772 William Rickman (1715-83)
  • m.1785 John Edmondson (1747-88)
  • Sibling 3: Anne Bassett Harrison (1753-1821)
  • m.1775 David Coupland (1749-1822)
  • Children: 4 sons, 6 daughters
  • Sibling 4: Benjamin Harrison VI (1755-99)
  • m.1776 Susannah Randolph (1750-81)
  • Children: 1 son
  • m.1785 Sarah Mercer (1760-87)
  • Children: 2 sons, 1 daughter
  • Sibling 5: Carter Bassett Harrison (1756-1808)
  • m.1774 Mary Allen (1761-93)
  • Children: 3 sons
  • m.1794 Jane Byrd (1773-1813)
  • Sibling 6: Sarah Bassett Harrison (1770-1812)
  • m.1795 John Minge (1770-1829)
  • Children: 7 sons, 6 daughters


  • Paternal Grandfather: Benjamin Harrison IV (1693-1745)
  • Paternal Grandmother: Anne Carter (1704-45)


  • Maternal Grandfather: William Bassett IV (1709-44)
  • Maternal Grandmother: Elizabeth Churchill (1710-79)


Wife: Anna Tuthill Symmes[]

  • Born July 25, 1775
  • Father: John Cleves Symmes (1742-1814)
  • Mother: Anna Abigail Tuthill (1741-76)
  • Siblings: Cleves, Maria, Joseph, Louisianna
  • Died February 25, 1864 (88 years)
  • Marriage: November 22, 1795 - April 4, 1841 (45 years, died)


Child 1: Elizabeth Bassett Harrison[]

  • Born September 29, 1796
  • Died September 27, 1846 (49 years)
  • Husband: John Cleves Short (1792-1863)
  • Marriage: June 29, 1814 - September 27, 1846 (32 years, died)


  • Child 1: Mary Short (1815-16)


Child 2: John Cleves Symmes Harrison[]

  • Born October 28, 1798
  • Died October 30, 1830 (32 years)
  • Wife: Clarissa Brown Pike (1803-37)
  • Marriage: September 27, 1819 - October 30, 1830 (11 years, died)


  • Child 1: Zebuline Adelaide Pike Harrison (1820-49)
  • m.1840 John Hunt (1816-86)
  • Children: 1 son, 2 daughters
  • Child 2: Anna Maria Symmes Harrison (1822-49)
  • m.1842 James Roberts (1817-69)
  • Children: 1 son, 1 daughter
  • Child 3: Clarissa Louise Harrison (1824-83)
  • m.1844 Tomlin Banks (1820-50)
  • Children: 2 sons, 1 daughter
  • m.1853 Oliver Morgan (1824-1900)
  • Children: 3 sons
  • Child 4: Montgomery Pike Harrison (1826-49)
  • Child 5: William Henry Harrison (1828-1900)
  • m.1849 Elvira Rogers (1833-75)
  • Children: 4 sons, 1 daughter
  • m.1877 Mary McIntyre (1849-1922)
  • Child 6: John Cleves Symmes Harrison Jr. (1830-30)


Child 3: Lucy Singleton Harrison[]

  • Born September 5, 1800
  • Died April 7, 1826 (25 years)
  • Husband: David Kirkpatrick Este (1785-1876)
  • Marriage: September 30, 1819 - April 7, 1826 (6 years, died)


  • Child 1: William Harrison Este (1820-20)
  • Child 2: Lucy Anna Harrison Este (1822-68)
  • m.1843 Joseph Reynolds (1815-95)
  • Children: 4 sons, 3 daughters
  • Child 3: David Kirkpatrick Este (1824-25)
  • Child 4: David Este (1826-26)


Child 4: William Henry Harrison Jr.[]

  • Born September 3, 1802
  • Died February 6, 1838 (35 years)
  • Wife: Jane Findlay Irwin (1804-47)
  • Marriage: February 18, 1824 - February 6, 1838 (13 years, died)


  • Child 1: James Findlay Harrison (1825-1907)
  • m.1848 Caroline Alston (1826-63)
  • Children: 3 sons
  • m.1864 Alice Kennedy (1842-1911)
  • Children: 4 sons, 2 daughters
  • Child 2: William Henry Harrison III (1826-1904)
  • m.1852 Minerva Murphy (1832-1903)
  • Children: 2 sons


Child 5: John Scott Harrison[]

  • Born October 4, 1804
  • Died May 25, 1878 (73 years)
  • First Wife: Lucretia Knapp Johnson (1804-30)
  • Marriage: February 18, 1824 - February 6, 1830 (5 years, widowed)


  • Child 1: Elizabeth Short Harrison (1825-1904)
  • m.1847 George Eaton (1820-66)
  • Children: 3 sons, 2 daughters
  • Child 2: William Henry Harrison (1827-29)
  • Child 3: Sarah Lucretia Harrison (1829-1917)
  • m.1859 Thomas Devin (1826-1906)
  • Children: 1 son, 2 daughters


  • Second Wife: Elizabeth Ramsey Irwin (1810-50)
  • Marriage: August 12, 1831 - August 15, 1850 (19 years, widowed)


  • Child 4: Archibald Irwin Harrison (1832-70)
  • m.1860 Elizabeth Sheets (1836-94)
  • Children: 1 son, 3 daughters
  • Child 5: Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901)
  • m.1853 Caroline Scott (1832-92)
  • Children: 1 son, 1 daughter
  • m.1896 Mary Lord (1858-1948)
  • Children: 1 daughter
  • Child 6: Mary Jane Irwin Harrison (1835-67)
  • m.1859 Samuel Morris (1834-1913)
  • Children: 2 sons, 1 daughter
  • Child 7: Anna Symmes Harrison (1837-38)
  • Child 8: John Irwin Harrison (1839-39)
  • Child 9: Carter Bassett Harrison (1840-1905)
  • m.1864 Sophia Dashiell (1826-1927)
  • Children: 2 sons, 2 daughters
  • Child 10: Anna Symmes Harrison (1842-1926)
  • m.1869 Samuel Morris (1834-1913)
  • Children: 2 sons, 5 daughters
  • Child 11: John Scott Harrison Jr. (1844-1926)
  • m.1872 Sophia Lytle (1855-1935)
  • Children: 6 sons, 2 daughters
  • Child 12: James Findlay Harrison (1847-48)
  • Child 13: James Irwin Harrison (1849-50)


Child 6: Benjamin Harrison[]

  • Born May 5, 1806
  • Died June 9, 1840 (34 years)
  • First Wife: Louisa Smith Bonner (1809-51)
  • Marriage: January 1, 1827 - 1830 (2-3 years, divorced)


  • Child 1: John Cleves Short Harrison (1829-1904)
  • m.1851 Mary Harrison (1831-66)
  • Children: 3 sons, 1 daughter
  • m.1867 Margaret McCarty (1832-1923)
  • Children: 2 sons, 1 daughter


  • Second Wife: Mary Raney (1810-40)
  • Marriage: June 1, 1831 - June 9, 1840 (9 years, died)


  • Child 2: Benjamin Harrison Jr. (1838-38)
  • Child 3: William Henry Harrison (1839-50)


Child 7: Mary Symmes Harrison[]

  • Born January 28, 1809
  • Died November 16, 1842 (33 years)
  • Husband: John Henry Fitzhugh Thornton (1798-1871)
  • Marriage: March 5, 1829 - November 16, 1842 (13 years, died)


  • Child 1: William Henry Harrison Thornton (1830-1903)
  • Child 2: Charles Fitzhugh Thornton (1832-68)
  • Child 3: Anna Harrison Thornton (1835-83)
  • m.1863 Lee Fitzhugh (1838-1906)
  • Children: 4 sons, 1 daughter
  • Child 4: Alice Elizabeth Thornton (1836-36)
  • Child 5: Alice Elizabeth Fitzhugh Thornton (1839-1920)
  • m.1863 John Lewis (1835-1919)
  • Children: 5 sons, 1 daughter
  • Child 6: Lucy Harrison Thornton (1840-40)
  • Child 7: John Henry Fitzhugh Thornton Jr. (1842-1907)
  • m.1867 Eliza West (1841-1927)
  • Children: 1 son


Child 8: Carter Bassett Harrison[]

  • Born October 26, 1811
  • Died August 12, 1839 (27 years)
  • Wife: Mary Anne Sutherland (1814-93)
  • Marriage: June 13, 1836 - August 12, 1839 (3 years, died)


  • Child 1: Rebecca Jane Harrison (1836-36)
  • Child 2: Anna Carter Harrison (1837-1924)
  • m.1862 David McClung (1831-1916)
  • Children: 2 sons, 1 daughter


Child 9: Anna Tuthill Harrison[]

  • Born October 28, 1813
  • Died July 5, 1865 (51 years)
  • Husband: William Henry Harrison Taylor (1813-94)
  • Marriage: June 16, 1836 - July 5, 1865 (29 years, died)


  • Child 1: William Henry Harrison Taylor Jr. (1837-1906)
  • m.1862 Mary King (1842-80)
  • Children: 2 sons, 1 daughter
  • m.1881 Clara Jenkins (1855-1906)
  • Children: 1 son, 1 daughter
  • Child 2: Lucy Singleton Taylor (1839-1906)
  • m.1867 Harrison Howell (1833-1907)
  • Children: 3 sons, 2 daughters
  • Child 3: Anna Cleves Harrison Taylor (1840-1939)
  • m.1873 George Comstock (1842-1903)
  • Children: 2 daughters
  • Child 4: Jane Harrison Taylor (1840-1939)
  • m.1875 Edward Davenport (1852-1930)
  • Children: 3 sons
  • Child 5: John Thomas Taylor (1841-1926)
  • m.1867 Agnes Kennedy (1846-80)
  • Children: 2 daughters
  • m.1880 Amelia Willson (1859-1925)
  • Child 6: Mary Thornton Taylor (1843-1905)
  • m.1870 George Plummer (1836-1914)
  • Children: 1 son, 3 daughters
  • Child 7: Elizabeth Short Taylor (1846-1940)
  • Child 8: Florence Galt Taylor (1848-1930)
  • m.1876 Charles Hendryx (1847-1935)
  • Children: 1 son, 2 daughters
  • Child 9: Virginia Berkeley Taylor (1851-1928)
  • m.1891 Frank Stratton (1858-1908)
  • Child 10: Ellen Bassett Taylor (1853-64)
  • Child 11: Edward Everett Taylor (1856-1932)
  • m.1881 Belle Bradley (1861-1909)
  • m.1911 Hattie Joas (1864-1955)


Child 10: James Findlay Harrison[]

  • Born May 15, 1814
  • Died April 6, 1817 (2 years)

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