U.S. Presidential portrait of William Henry Harrison

U.S. Presidential portrait of William Henry Harrison, 9th US President, who holds the distinction of being the first president in the history of the country to have died while in office. After having become president in 1841, William Henry Harrison fell ill with typhoid, pneumonia and paratyphoid fever and succumbed 31 days later, thus serving the shortest term, one month, for any U.S. President

1840-1849 1841 Distinction Fever Old-fashion Pneumonia Shortest Succumbed Term Thus Typhoid

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