America’s ninth president, William Henry Harrison, is remembered for two things ... inauguration. The speech, which you can read here sometime if you’re on a transcontinental flight or ...

William Henry “Old Tippecanoe” Harrison of ... saying he had been editing Harrison’s speech and was busy killing Romans. As Harrison dove into his speech, though, it quickly became clear ...

But one president went far beyond the norm, delivering a speech that left supporters standing in freezing weather for over an hour and a half. On March 4, 1841, William Henry Harrison gave the ...

The son of Benjamin Harrison, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, William Henry Harrison was raised ... he gave a record-breaking inaugural speech—an hour and 40 minutes long.

The National Weather Service said Harrison's Inauguration Day began with ... the 68-year-old delivered what remains the ...

General William Henry Harrison led a stunning victory over British forces and their Native allies in the Battle of the Thames on this day in history, Oct. 5, 1813. The swift American victory in ...

In March 1841, William Henry Harrison became the ninth president of the United States. He gave the longest inaugural speech in history—one hour and 45 minutes—developed a cold, and then ...

William Henry Harrison, the ninth president of the United States, is buried in North Bend, 15 miles west of Cincinnati. The tomb is marked by a 60-foot limestone brick obelisk on a hilltop along U ...