Description: Reproduction of a print depicting William Henry Harrison at the time he was appointed Governor of the Indiana Territory, May 13, 1800. Harrison was the ninth President of the United States. He was born in Charles County, Virginia, on February 9, 1773, son of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. After a successful military career in the War of 1812, Harrison made his home at North Bend just west of Cincinnati. He became the first president to die in office when he succumbed to pneumonia in April 1841, just a few weeks after his inauguration. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02743
Subjects: Presidents--United States; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841; Portrait photography--United States--History
 

Description: The broadside is titled "The Life and Public Service of William H. Harrison". The pictures around the poster depict scenes pertaining to Harrison's life. The headings in the paragraphs in the center are: Birth and Education, Services under General Wayne, Delegate in Congress - The Land Law, Governor of Indiana, Intercourse with Tecumseh and the Prophet, Battle of Tippecanoe, Services of War of 1812 - Major General in the Kentucky Militia, Commander of the North-Western Army, Battle of the Themes, Civil Services Subsequent to the War, Conclusion. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS4853
Subjects: Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841; Political posters
 

Description: Berkeley Plantation in Charles County, Virginia, ca. 1920-1960. It was the birthplace of William Henry Harrison, the 9th President of the United States. Harrison was born on February 9, 1773. His father was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06230
Subjects: Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics
Places: Charles City County (Virginia)
 

Description: Reverse reads "W.H. Harrison Memorial at North Bend. Harrison Memorial Park" Engraving on left pillar, topped with an eagle, reads "William Henry Harrison. 1773 - 1841 That this memory of Ohio's First President and gallant soldier William Henry Harrison may be fittingly commemorated, this memorial is erected by a grateful state" Engraving on right, eagle topped, pillar, reads "William Henry Harrison 1773 - 1841. Ninth president of the United States. Hero of Tippecanoe. Major General in the War of 1812. United States Senator from Ohio. Governor of the Territory of Indiana." Center obelisk bears the dates "1773" and "1841" near top, below two stars. This photograph was taken from Cliff Road facing east. The William Henry Harrison Tomb State Memorial at North Bend, Ohio is a registered historic structure, placed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 10, 1970. Harrison's tomb and monument on Mt. Nebo in North Bend, on the corner of Cliff Road and Bower Road, west of U.S. 50. The remains of William Henry Harrison, ninth president of the United States rest at this site. An obelisk of Bedford limestone, with marble entranceway, rises 60 feet above the tomb. From the terrace visitors have a spectacular panorama of the Ohio River valley. Harrison, who was born in Virginia in 1773, spent most of his adult life in Ohio and Indiana. He served as secretary to the territorial governor, senator, representative, and president, but he is most famous as a military hero. Harrison commanded the western army during the War of 1812. William Henry Harrison was the ninth president of the United States and is buried here along with his wife, Anna Harrison and their family View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F06_021_001
Subjects: Memorials--Ohio; Monuments & memorials--1810-1850; Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841; State Parks--Ohio--Pictorial works.; National Register of Historic Places
Places: North Bend (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows visitors on the terrace of the William Henry Harrison tomb overlooking the Ohio River at North Bend, Hamilton County, Ohio, ca. 1924-1960. Harrison was elected President of the United States in 1840 and became the first president to die in office when he succumbed to pneumonia in April 1841, just a few weeks after his inauguration. Construction of the obelisk on Harrison's gravesite was completed in 1924. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06247
Subjects: Hamilton County (Ohio); Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841; Presidents--Death and burial
Places: North Bend (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This campaign ribbon was created for the presidential election of 1840. It is made of white silk and decorated with images of candidate William Henry Harrison and a log cabin. The ribbon measures 3.15 by 7 inches (8 by 18 cm). Historians have described the 1840 campaign as the first modern political campaign. Harrison broke with tradition and campaigned actively for president on the Whig ticket. The log cabin became the symbol of Harrison's campaign when his Democratic opponents ridiculed him, saying he would be content to spend his days in a log cabin drinking hard cider. Harrison's supporters turned this insult around to portray Harrison as a man of the people. Harrison (1773-1841) was a member of a prominent Virginia family. He served as aide-de-camp to General Anthony Wayne during the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794. After moving to the Ohio country, he became secretary of the Northwest Territory and served as the territory's first representative to Congress. In 1801, Harrison became governor of the Indiana Territory and served in that position for 12 years. Harrison achieved his greatest fame during the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811. He was planning an attack on an American Indian settlement known as Prophet's town. Instead, American Indian forces attacked Harrison's camp on the Tippecanoe River. Harrison's troops repulsed the attack, but suffered almost 200 dead and wounded. During the War of 1812, Harrison commanded the Army of the Northwest and attained the rank of brigadier general. In 1813, he defeated the combined forces of the British and American Indians at the Battle of the Thames, where Chief Tecumseh was killed. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1427_1534367_001
Subjects: Presidents and Politics; Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841; Presidential elections; Log cabins
Places: North Bend (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: A plaque commemorating Fort Seneca. In the 1820s a general store and grist mill were established on this site, where the famous Scioto-Sandusky Indian trail neared the Sandusky River. The settlement was first known as McNutt's, later as Swope's Corners. The village of Fort Seneca was surveyed January 14, 1836. Its name was derived from Gen. Harrison's War of 1812 fort, which was located a few miles downstream. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06824
Subjects: Seneca County (Ohio); United States--History--War of 1812; Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841
Places: Fort Seneca (Ohio); Seneca County (Ohio); Ohio
 

Description: Colored print titled "Old Tippecanoe has come out in the West, In all the wide borders his steed is the best!" It is meant to depict William Henry Harrison's log cabin on the Ohio River in North Bend, Ohio. A barrel of hard cider is by the cabin, a flag reading "Harrison & Tyler" is flying above, and Harrison is in front greeting a wounded soldier. Harrison was the Whig candidate for President in 1840 and his running mate was John Tyler. Their campaign slogan "Old Tippecanoe and Tyler Too" referred to Harrison's defeat of the Shawnee chief, Tecumseh, at Tippecanoe Creek in 1811. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06227
Subjects: Hamilton County (Ohio); Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841; Presidential campaigns
Places: North Bend (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: View of the Symmes Family Cemetery, North Bend, Ohio, ca. 1930. The dark, rectangular box is the grave of John Cleves Symmes, father of First Lady Anna Symmes Harrison and father-in-law of President William Henry Harrison. Symmes was a captain in the War of 1812, an educator, a surveyor, and a philosopher who was responsible for the "Theory of Concentric Spheres and Polar Voids." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06250
Subjects: Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841; Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood; Cemeteries--Ohio; Presidents--Death and burial;
Places: North Bend (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photograph of a poster depicting the life and times of William H. Harrison. He took the oath of office as the President of the United States on March 4, 1841 and died on April 4, 1841. He served the shortest term of any president. He was a member of the House of Representives for Ohio from 1816 to 19819, and served as a Senator for Ohio from 1825 to 1828. He was the last president elected who was born before the revolution. He was originally interred in the public vault of the Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D. C. Later, he was buried in a cemetery in North Bend, Ohio a village in Hamilton County. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS4853
Subjects: Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: View of the Symmes Family Cemetery, North Bend, Ohio, May 5, 1939. John Cleves Symmes, father of First Lady Anna Symmes Harrison and father-in-law of President William Henry Harrison, was a captain in the War of 1812, an educator, a surveyor, and the philosopher responsible for the "Theory of Concentric Spheres and Polar Voids." John Cleves Symmes Jr. was a big proponent of the Hollow Earth Theory. He and other members of the Symmes family are buried here. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06251
Subjects: Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841; Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood; Presidents--Death and burial; Cemeteries--Ohio
Places: North Bend (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This broadside, titled "Proposals for the Log Cabin," promotes the candidacy of William Henry Harrison, who went on to defeat President Martin Van Buren in the U.S. presidential election of 1840. The broadside bears the signatures of Harrison supporters who are advertising the availability of "13 numbers of a paper" titled "Log Cabin." The document is dated February 29, 1840. During the campaign, Harrison's supporters portrayed him as a common man who was born in a log cabin and liked to drink hard cider. It was not the first or last time that exaggerated and inaccurate claims have been made about a candidate by his friends. A rugged log cabin became the campaign's iconic symbol. William Henry Harrison (1773-1841) was an American political and military leader and the ninth President of the United States. Born in Charles County, Virginia, he graduated college and then studied medicine at his father’s insistence. After his father’s death in 1791, he joined the U.S. Army and served in the military until 1798. In the Northwest Territory he assisted General Anthony Wayne as an aide-de-camp. He participated in the Battle of Fallen Timbers and was present at the negotiating and signing of the Treaty of Greeneville. After leaving military service, Harrison was Secretary of the Northwest Territory and later represented the Northwest Territory in the U.S. Congress. He served as governor of Indiana Territory (modern-day Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Michigan) from 1800 to 1813. While he was governor, Harrison also was the Superintendent for Indian Affairs in the American Northwest. He convinced many Native Americans to relinquish millions of acres of land in what is now the Midwestern U.S. Because the United States had reserved this land to the Native Americans in the Treaty of Greeneville, some Native Americans refused to forsake their claims. Chief among these people were the Shawnee, led by Tecumseh and the Prophet, Tecumseh's brother. These two men worked to form a confederation of all Native American tribes west of the Appalachian Mountains. Harrison marched against Tecumseh in late 1811. While Tecumseh was away seeking additional followers, Harrison attacked the Shawnees' major village, Prophetstown. On November 7, 1811, at the Battle of Tippecanoe, the U.S. army destroyed the village and hindered the success of the native alliance. During the War of 1812, Harrison rose to the rank of brigadier-general and commanded the Army of the Northwest. In October 1813 the Army of the Northwest fought a joint British and Native American force led by General Henry Proctor and Tecumseh in the Battle of the Thames. The British ran from the battlefield, leaving the Native Americans to fight on alone. The Americans defeated the Native Americans, killing Tecumseh. Following the War of 1812, Harrison returned to politics. He made his home at North Bend, just west of Cincinnati, Ohio. He represented Ohio in the U.S. Congress for two terms and also was U.S. ambassador to Colombia. In 1836 he ran as a Whig Party candidate for the presidency of the United States but lost to Martin Van Buren. With John Tyler as his running mate during the 1840 presidential campaign, Harrison emphasized his military record against Tecumseh and the British in the War of 1812. His famous campaign slogan was "Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too." The American voters elected Harrison with the wide margin of victory of 234 electoral-college votes for Harrison to Van Buren's sixty. The sixty-eight-year-old Harrison took office in 1841. He served the shortest time in office of any man elected to the presidency. He died of pneumonia on April 4, 1841, one month after taking office. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS4980_B58
Subjects: Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841; Broadsides--1800-1890; Political campaigns; Presidential campaigns; Propaganda; Presidents; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics