William Henry Harrison

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…the Caroline affair. Webster negotiated the Webster-Ashburton Treaty in 1842 and all was good. One cold March morning, he went out to buy vegetables and suffered a severe chill. The cold he had caught on inauguration day now developed into pneumonia. Harrison died on April 4, 1841, 12 & 1/2 hours short of 31 full days in office. He was buried in William Henry Harrison Memorial State Park, North Bend, Ohio. And was the first president to die in office. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**