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William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773 â 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.
On November 7, 1811, a force of some 1,100 U.S. troops under William Henry Harrison fought off an assault by a Native American confederacy near the Tippecanoe River in Indiana. The battle itself isnât widely remembered today, but itâs become famous for its influential role in Harrisonâs 1840 run for the White House. By framing âOld Tippecanoeâ Harrison as a folksy, hard cider-swilling war hero, the Whig Party cruised to victory in what has often been called the first modern presidential campaign. The 1840 U.S. presidential election was notoriously light on discussions of the issues.