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William Henry Harrison
Biography
"Sir, I wish you to understand the true principles of the government.
Julene harrison biography of william
I wish them carried out. I ask nothing more."
- Last words
HARRISON, WILLIAM HENRY (), ninth president of the United States, was born at Berkeley, Charles City county, Virginia, on the 9th of February , the third son of Benjamin Harrison (c.
). His father was long prominent in Virginia politics, and became a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses in , opposing Patrick Henry�s Stamp Act resolutions in the following year; he was a member of the Continental Congress in , signing the Declaration of Independence and serving for a time as president of the Board of War; speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates in ; governor of Virginia in ; and in as a member of the Virginia Convention he actively opposed the ratification of the Federal Constitution by his state.
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