Worst Presidents: William Harrison (1841)

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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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In 8 years, Dubya dismantled a nation that was meticulously built for 220 years. When he doesn't make this list, nobody else should.
I am a Texan working overseas now. I've experienced first-hand the global damage to American image and safety that Bush did with the help of Powell and Rumsfield. A blot on Texas really.

Mister Topeker of TX 6:48AM January 19, 2013

LOL..Two presidents so far in this list died shortly into their term of natural causes--we never got to see what they might have done! To pick Harrison, whose only fault in history is DYING a month after taking office is grossly unfair.

Dallas Rutledge of TX 4:39AM November 29, 2012

What are we criticizing? Long-windedness or poor health?

Dave of PA 5:04PM August 01, 2012

Worst Presidents: William Harrison (1841)

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