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William Henry Harrison was born the youngest of seven kids in 1773, at his family's plantation in Charles City County, Virginia. His father, Benjamin Harrison, was into politics and was a statesman. His mother, Elizabeth Basset, was a housewife. He studied classics and history at Hampden-Sydney College, and then began the study of medicine in Richmond. In 1791, however, he switched interests. He decided to pursue his military career.

Harrison wanted to be a soldier when he was eighteen. He asked none other than George Washington if he could become a soldier. Washington decided to make him an officer, because he wanted Harrison to rise high in the army. A week later, Harrison received his officer uniform, complements of George Washington.

Harrison was in the First U.S. Infantry, and was sent on duty to the Northwest Territory. In 1794 he was cited for bravery after fighting in the Battle of Fallen Timbers against a group of Native American peoples.

Harrison resigned from the army in 1798 and became Secretary of the Northwest Territory. In 1799 he was elected territorial delegate to the Congress of the United States. As delegate, he persuaded Congress to divide the public lands of the territory into small homestead lots.

The victory didn't last long though, because Harrison died of pneumonia exactly one month after his inauguration. He was the first president to die in office, and his administration, which also only lasted one month, was the shortest in U.S. history. I think it was Karma.

Believing the British in Canada had supported Tecumseh's alliance, Harrison welcomed the War of 1812 as a chance to drive the British from Canada. As brigadier general in charge of defending the Illinois and Indiana frontiers, Harrison recaptured the city of Detroit from the British. He then defeated the British and Tecumseh's forces, a victory that secured the Northwest from the threat of a British invasion from Canada. It also added

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