USA: William Henry Harrison (1773 – 1841) was the 9th President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1841 to April 4, 1841. Oil on canvas, James Reid Lambdin (1807-1889), 1835

William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773 – April 4, 1841) was the ninth President of the United States (1841), an American military officer and politician, and the last president born as a British subject. He was also the first president to die in office.

He was 68 years, 23 days old when inaugurated, the oldest president to take office until Ronald Reagan in 1981. Harrison died on his 32nd day in office of complications from pneumonia, serving the shortest tenure in United States presidential history.

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