William Henry Harrison, (born February 9, 1773, Charles City county, Virginia [U.S.] died April 4, 1841, Washington, D.C., U.S.), ninth president of the United States (1841), whose Indian campaigns, while he was a territorial governor and army officer, thrust him into the national limelight and led to his election in 1840. He was the oldest man, at age 67, ever elected president up to that time, the last president born under British rule, and the first to die in office after only one month’s service. His grandson Benjamin Harrison was the 23rd president of the United States (1889–93). Born at Berkeley Plantation
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