What was President William Harrison known for???

[Lady Freedom]

Sorry wrong guy at first. Henry was the man who ran against Harrison and lost.

[BlackVelvetElvis]

1. Dying after 30 days. nt

[WI_DEM]

2. Harrison?

He died a month after taking office because he was an old fool and decided not to wear a hat and coat at his inaugural--and it was freezing outside and he delivered a long winded--two hour inaugural speech. Oh yeah, he was the first president to die in office, too.

[punpirate]

5. Au contraire....

Harrison was not the first to die in office--Zachary Taylor died roughly a year into his term, in 1850, and his term was fulfilled by Millard Fillmore. As well, Lincoln was assassinated in office in 1865, and his second term was filled by Andrew Johnson.

Cheers.

[Lady Freedom]

6. Harrison was president in 1841.

[punpirate]

8. Oops, my mistake...

... I was reading William Henry, and thinking Benjamin.

Cheers.

[Dookus]

3. for not having a last name?

[coloradodem2005]

4. Having the shortest Presidency ever.

[mark414]

9. and the longest inaugural speech ever

[saltpoint]

7. He makes a cameo appearance in Orson Scott Card's --

-- Alvin, Maker series.

He was not enamored of Native Americans.

Posters above have nailed Harrison really well.

[Zomby Woof]

10. 3 things

1. Shortest term in the presidency, about 30 days.

2. Longest inaugural speech of all presidents, about 4 hours. It was given during horrible weather, in which he contracted pneumonia and helped reason #1 come to pass.

3. Grandson of a signer of the Declaration of Independence, grandfather of another president (Benjamin Harrison, the Republican sandwiched between Grover Cleveland's two terms). Still the only grandfather/grandson presidents in our history.