Major General William Henry Harrison (overall theater commander)

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Major General William Henry Harrison was a U.S. military leader and future ninth president best known for his campaigns in the Northwest during the War of 1812.

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instanceOf President of the United States ⓘ
human ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
causeOfDeath pneumonia ⓘ
child John Scott Harrison ⓘ
commanded U.S. forces in the Northwest theater during the War of 1812 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1773-02-09 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1841-04-04 ⓘ
education Hampden–Sydney College ⓘ
familyName Harrison ⓘ
father Benjamin Harrison V ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
grandchild Benjamin Harrison ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
Whig Party ⓘ
middleName Henry ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Army ⓘ
militaryConflict Northwest Indian War ⓘ
War of 1812 ⓘ
militaryRank Major General ⓘ
mother Elizabeth Bassett Harrison ⓘ
nickname Old Tippecanoe ⓘ
notableAchievement Became the first U.S. president to die in office ⓘ
Defeated British and Native American forces at the Battle of the Thames ⓘ
notableEvent shortest U.S. presidential term ⓘ
notableWork Battle of Tippecanoe ⓘ
Battle of the Thames ⓘ
Defense of Fort Meigs ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Fort Meigs

Northwest theater campaigns in the War of 1812 ⓘ
officeContested President of the United States, 1836 election ⓘ
President of the United States, 1840 election ⓘ
placeOfBirth Berkeley Plantation ⓘ
Charles City County, Virginia ⓘ
placeOfDeath Washington, D.C. ⓘ
positionHeld 9th President of the United States ⓘ
Governor of the Indiana Territory ⓘ
Major General, United States Army ⓘ
U.S. Representative from Ohio ⓘ
U.S. Senator from Ohio ⓘ
precededBy Martin Van Buren ⓘ
religion Episcopalianism ⓘ
residence North Bend, Ohio ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Anna Tuthill Symmes Harrison ⓘ
succeededBy John Tyler ⓘ
termEnd 1841-04-04 ⓘ
termStart 1841-03-04 ⓘ

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Battle of the River Raisin → commanderForUnitedStates → Major General William Henry Harrison (overall theater commander) ⓘ