Due to his military career, William Henry Harrison became the frontrunner of the Whig Party—a new political faction assembled by opposition to Jackson. Despite his aristocratic Virginian roots, the ...

He was remembered for his role in leading the American army in the Battle of Tippecanoe, a conflict between US forces in Indiana and the native Shawnee Tribe. Harrison served in the War of 1812 ...

William Harrison ... and unbeknownst to Harrison, would be rejected by his successor and vice president, John Tyler. The Whigs, led by Henry Clay, fielded Harrison as a war hero candidate in ...