1840 - Life and Public Service of William Henry Harrison - Campaign Promotional

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1840 - Life and Public Service of William Henry Harrison - Campaign Promotional:
$50.00

Original, untrimmed pamphlet
promoting the virtues of theLIFE AND PUBLIC SERVICES,
CIVILAND MILITARY
of
WILLIAM HENRY pages - untrimmed, but opened on top : Good.
Removed from bound volume. Spinesare untrimmed.Some sellers trim the edge of a formerly bound item.
I do not. I allow the buyer to decide originality vs. 1840, William Henry Harrison and John Tyler were running
for the presidency as members of the Whig Party.It was a contentious campaign, with the Democrats trying
many ways to discredit Harrison - mostly failing to do so.This little publication seems to be striving to show the best
side of Harrison. And given it was published in 1840, I assume
that it was tied into the side who wished to see him elected.

William Henry Harrison Sr. (February 9, 1773 – April 4,1841) was the ninth President of the United States (1841), an American militaryofficer, and the last president born as a British subject. He was68years, 23days old at the time of his inauguration. He died ofcomplications from pneumonia 31 days into his term, serving the shortest tenurein United States presidential history. He was the first president to die inoffice, and his death sparked a brief constitutional crisis, but its resolutionleft unsettled many questions following the presidential line of succession inregard to the Constitution until the passage of the Twenty-fifth Amendment tothe United States Constitution in 1967. He was the grandfather of BenjaminHarrison, who served as the 23rd President from 1889 to 1893.

Before election as president, Harrison served as the firstdelegate from the Northwest Territory, as Governor of Indiana Territory. Hegained national fame for leading U.S. forces against Native Americans at the Battleof Tippecanoe in 1811, where he earned the nickname \"Tippecanoe\" (or\"Old Tippecanoe\"). As a general officer in the subsequent War of 1812,his most notable action was in the Battle of the Thames in 1813. This battleresulted in the death of Tecumseh and the dissolution of the Indian coalitionwhich he led.

After the war, Harrison moved to Ohio, where he was electedto the United States House of Representatives. In 1824, the state legislatureelected him to the United States Senate. He served a truncated term after beingappointed as Minister Plenipotentiary to Gran Colombia in May 1828. In Santa Fede Bogotá, he spoke with President Simón Bolívar, urging his nation to adoptAmerican-style democracy.

Returning to his farm in Ohio, Harrison lived in relativeretirement until he was nominated for the presidency as one of several WhigParty candidates in the election of 1836. He received more votes than any otherWhig, but was defeated by Democrat Martin Van Buren. He retired again to hisfarm.

Van Buren soon became a major target of criticism from theWhigs surrounding economic difficulties following the Panic of 1837. Seeking torun a non-controversial and less ideological war hero who could defeat VanBuren based on popularity, a unified Whig Party nominated Harrison over partyfounder Henry Clay and fellow general Winfield Scott. John Tyler of Virginiawas selected as his running mate. Harrison and Tyler defeated Van Buren in the1840 election. However, Harrison died of pneumonia in April 1841, a month aftertaking office. Tyler then assumed all of the powers and duties of thepresident, setting a major precedent. Harrison became the first United States president to die in office. His lastwords were to his doctor, but they were assumed to be directed at VicePresident Tyler: \"Sir, I wish you to understand the true principles of thegovernment. I wish them carried out. I ask nothing more.\" Harrison servedthe shortest term of any American president: March 4– April 4, 1841, 30days, 12 hours, and 30 minutes.Among Harrison\'s most enduring legacies is the series of treaties that heeither negotiated or signed with Native American leaders during his tenure asthe Indiana territorial governor. As part of the treaty negotiations, thenative tribes ceded large tracts of land in the west that provided additionalacreage for purchase and settlement. Harrison\'s chief presidential legacy liesin his campaigning methods, which laid the foundation for the modern presidentialcampaign tactics.

Harrison was the first sitting [incumbent] President to havehis photograph taken. The image was made in Washington, DC, on his inaugurationday in 1841. Photographs exist of John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, and MartinVan Buren, but these images were taken after the men left office. The Harrisonimage was also the first presidential photograph. The original daguerreotype ofHarrison on his inauguration day has been lost—although at least one earlyphotographic copy exists in the archives of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Harrison died nearly penniless. Congress voted in favor ofproviding his wife, Anna, a presidential widow\'s pension of $25,000, one yearof Harrison\'s salary. (Equivalent to $580,403 in today\'s dollars.) She alsoreceived the right to mail letters free of charge.

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