https://padlet.com/arice6576/ximgtheodxk9 oops I caught a cold! en-us 2019-11-21 16:34:07 UTC 2019-11-22 16:54:17 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f912.png arice6576 https://padlet.com/arice6576/ximgtheodxk9/wish/414772996 born February 9, 1773 in Charles City County, Virginia. He died on April 4, 1841.]]> 2019-11-21 16:37:58 UTC https://padlet.com/arice6576/ximgtheodxk9/wish/414772996 arice6576 https://padlet.com/arice6576/ximgtheodxk9/wish/414775400 Was the youngest of 5 siblings. He was home schooled until he reached the age of 14, then attended Hampden-Sydney College for three years. ]]> 2019-11-21 16:40:43 UTC https://padlet.com/arice6576/ximgtheodxk9/wish/414775400 arice6576 https://padlet.com/arice6576/ximgtheodxk9/wish/414777913 He enlisted into the army at the age of 18. He then quickly rose the ranks to become a Lieutenant a year after he enlisted, in 1782, and eventually received the rank of General one year prior to his resignation in 1798. He resumed his military career in 1812 to participate in The War of 1812, where he was now a Major General. He was also granted the position of commander of the new recruits and given the position stripped by president James Madison.]]> 2019-11-21 16:43:44 UTC https://padlet.com/arice6576/ximgtheodxk9/wish/414777913 arice6576 https://padlet.com/arice6576/ximgtheodxk9/wish/414784579 He attended Hampden-Sydney college, a Presbyterian school in Virginia. Beginning at the age of 14, it took him three years to achieve a classical education: studying Latin, Greek, French, logic, and debate. ]]> 2019-11-21 16:52:22 UTC https://padlet.com/arice6576/ximgtheodxk9/wish/414784579 arice6576 https://padlet.com/arice6576/ximgtheodxk9/wish/414786650 W.H. Harrison served in the Sixth U.S. Congress immediately after his resignation in the army (1799-1800). He became appointed Governor of the Indiana territory (1801-1812) by his friend and president, John Adams. ]]> 2019-11-21 16:54:50 UTC https://padlet.com/arice6576/ximgtheodxk9/wish/414786650 arice6576 https://padlet.com/arice6576/ximgtheodxk9/wish/414792106 WHH ran as the Northern Whig candidate in the 1840 presidential election after narrowly losing the 1836 election to Van Buren, his opposing candidate in the 1840 election. He based his campaign on his military experience and the weak U.S. economy that is an effect of "The Panic of 1837". Him and his running mate John Tyler ran with the famous slogan "Tippecanoe and Tyler, too" referencing Harrison's heroism at the battle of Tippecanoe. ]]> 2019-11-21 17:01:54 UTC https://padlet.com/arice6576/ximgtheodxk9/wish/414792106 arice6576 https://padlet.com/arice6576/ximgtheodxk9/wish/414797449 William Henry Harrison won the Electoral college by a landslide while the popular vote was decently close between him and Van Buren. He became the ninth president of the US serving from March 4, 1841 to April 4, 1841. ]]> 2019-11-21 17:09:31 UTC https://padlet.com/arice6576/ximgtheodxk9/wish/414797449 arice6576 https://padlet.com/arice6576/ximgtheodxk9/wish/414802218 William Henry Harrison's Vice President was John Tyler who would inherit the presidency sooner than he thought! ]]> 2019-11-21 17:16:25 UTC https://padlet.com/arice6576/ximgtheodxk9/wish/414802218 arice6576 https://padlet.com/arice6576/ximgtheodxk9/wish/414804989 He took his oath of office on March 4, 1841 on a cold and rainy day. He refused to wear an overcoat or hat and rode to the ceremony on horseback rather than a closed carriage. He gave the longest inaugural address in American history even through pouring rain and consequentially caught Typhoid fever and died 31 days later.  ]]> 2019-11-21 17:20:24 UTC https://padlet.com/arice6576/ximgtheodxk9/wish/414804989 arice6576 https://padlet.com/arice6576/ximgtheodxk9/wish/415360951 William Henry Harrison holds the record for having the shortest term of presidency because he died 31 day after being inaugurated. ]]> 2019-11-22 16:33:07 UTC https://padlet.com/arice6576/ximgtheodxk9/wish/415360951 arice6576 https://padlet.com/arice6576/ximgtheodxk9/wish/415367213 They met in 1795 and eloped later in the year (without the permission of her father). Together they had 10 children. ]]> 2019-11-22 16:41:30 UTC https://padlet.com/arice6576/ximgtheodxk9/wish/415367213