William Henry Harrison

William Henry Harrison
Species:	Human
Job:	President of the United States
Affiliated with:	United States government
Place of origin:	Earth
Death:	1840s
First mentioned in:	The Haunted Wagon Train [+]Loading...["The Haunted Wagon Train (novel)"]

William Henry Harrison was the ninth President of the United States, and the first to die in office.

Biography

In the early 1840s, (PROSE: The Haunted Wagon Train: Marker 75 ^[+]Loading...{"marker":"75","1":"The Haunted Wagon Train (novel)"}) William Henry Harrison was elected President. At his inaugural oath of office, Harrison opted not to wear an overcoat in freezing cold weather. As a result, Harrison contracted viral pneumonia not long after his inauguration.

Harrison was succeeded by John Tyler, his Vice President, who was nicknamed "His Accidency" because of the circumstances of his presidency. (PROSE: The Haunted Wagon Train: Marker 37 ^[+]Loading...{"marker":"37","1":"The Haunted Wagon Train (novel)"})

Behind the scenes

The Curse of Tippecanoe, a supposed curse placed on President Harrison and his successors, was mentioned in The Curse of Clyde Langer ^[+]Loading...["The Curse of Clyde Langer (TV story)"].