Worst Presidents: William Harrison (1841)
By
Jay Tolson
Posted February 16, 2007
Alas, poor Harrison.
That the ninth president makes any list at all is an act of scholarly injustice. The Virginian's greatest claim to fame was defeating the Shawnees in 1811 at the Battle of Tippecanoe.
Delivering the longest inaugural address in U.S. history, he came down with pneumonia that made his 30-day presidency the shortest in U.S. history.
Death would seem sufficient punishment for long-windedness; historians are guilty of piling on.
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