When William Harrison became president, he was 68 years old and died in a month in office.
Therefore, he has no achievements.
Born into a Virginia politician family
The William Harrison family has produced a number of leading Virginia politicians, with his father Benjamin Harrison being the Governor of Virginia and his brother Carter Bassett Harrison being a member of the Federal Senate from Virginia. Met.
The house ran a large plantation that was wealthy and used black slaves, but when Harrison was still in his mid-teens, Harrison began to question slavery. His father, Benjamin, was angry and sent Harrison out of school and moved Harrison to Philadelphia.
He entered the University of Pennsylvania in 1790 and studied medicine, but his father died in 1791, and there was no school fee to study medicine as it was, and Harrison himself became uninterested in medicine, so he joined the army at the age of 18. He played an active part in the battle against Native Americans, and became a hero in the US-UK war.
After working as a member of the House of Representatives and the Senate, he ran for the US presidential election, but was initially defeated by Martin Van Buren.
Martin Van Buren, who did nothing during his term despite several depressions, gradually lost support, and William Harrison became the ninth president of the United States in the 1840 presidential election. Become.
Ninth President of the United States
The modern American presidential election shows a festive ruckus, but it is said that William Harrison is the originator of it.
He actively held parades and parties during his presidential election, as well as flashy speeches, and his momentary speech as president exceeded two hours.
This was the longest American president in history, but at that time he was said to have been ill and suffered from pneumonia, dying in just 31 days in office.
The first president to die during his tenure, the 31-day term is by far the shortest in 2019, well below the runner-up President Garfield's 199 days.
Also, the age of 68 was the oldest winner at the time, and that record was not broken until Ronald Reagan was elected at the age of 69 in the second half of the 20th century. This record is also broken at the age of 70 by President Donald Trump as of 2019.
By the way, he has a lot of grandchildren, and he has 10 children, 50 grandchildren, and more than 100 great-great-grandchildren. This is a tremendous record in monogamous America. Even in the Chinese dynasties with a single-woman system, few people have so many children. Liu Bei's ancestor, King Liu Bei.
Benjamin Harrison, the 23rd president of the United States, is his grandson. The Harrison family is the first of his grandfather and grandson to become president.
Personal evaluation of President William Harrison
His term is too short to be evaluated as president.
He was said to have been trying to change the Spoils system adopted by President Jackson, and apparently intended to adopt a different policy than Jackson's line.
I don't know what kind of politics he did when he was young and had doubts about slavery, but it's a very interesting point.