Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too

Part 9 of My Presidential Review Series

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Settling in for a long write, the series now reaches William Henry Harrison. Harrison's election is considered the first modern election, complete with songs, themes, and hoopla. Harrison was portrayed as a simple frontiersman, despite being from a grand manor on a plantation in Virginia. In order to convey this appearance, he gave a long Inaugural in the cold without a jacket, which later proved to be his downfall. He was the first president to die in office, and the first president under the Whig party. Harrison served March 4, 1841 to April 4, 1841.

Only one thing can be said of the Harrison Administration: it existed. Other than that, nothing. All Harrison did before dying from pnemonia was appoint his Cabinet. He had appointed them on how well they could do their job, thus hoping to end the spoils system, but with the mass resignation of his appointees during the Tyler administration, the spoils system was restored.

Harrison died on April 4, 1841.

Um...that's it. Nothing to see here, nothing to review. Sorry if you were expecting more, but there's nothing to say.

Overall Ranking: Due to the brevity of his administartion, Harrison will not be ranked.

"The people are the best guardians of their own rights and it is the duty of their executive to abstain from interfering in or thwarting the sacred exercise of the lawmaking functions of their government."
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Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top

Only one thing can be said of the Harrison Administration: it existed.

You should have used that as the title!  You did manage to make me laugh as well.

I will give you another tidbit tho.  He and John Tyler were born and lived in the same county of Virginia.  Charles City.  It is not a city and barely a county.  But if you want to see some grand pre-bellum plantaions, visit it.

And I would also say "Cop out" on the ranking, but then I am laughing too much and cant fault you for that!

Now you can get back to the unknowns.

Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top
Oh, (well here is another nickle), He was the first one to suffer from the Cherokee Curse.  It ended with Reagan, but just barely as he was shot, but lived.
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Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top
You should have used that as the title! You did manage to make me laugh as well.


Considering that I had nothing much to say, I decided to put a dash of humor in. I don't think that would have fit as a title, though.

will give you another tidbit tho. He and John Tyler were born and lived in the same county of Virginia. Charles City. It is not a city and barely a county. But if you want to see some grand pre-bellum plantaions, visit it.


Hm. That's interesting. Not a city and barely a county? That's like Luxembourg, except replace county with country.

Oh, (well here is another nickle), He was the first one to suffer from the Cherokee Curse. It ended with Reagan, but just barely as he was shot, but lived.


Oh, dang, I knew that and I meant to put it in. Oh well. And we don't know it has ended yet; Bush's term isn't over yet!
Reply #4 from JoeUser Forums Top
I hope you don't mind if I put in another nickle too:

Harrison died on the same day as Martin Luther King, Jr. And they both died on what happens to be my birthday! I sure have a deadly birthday, huh?
Reply #5 from JoeUser Forums Top

Oh, dang, I knew that and I meant to put it in. Oh well. And we don't know it has ended yet; Bush's term isn't over yet!

True!  And I know a lot of DU people that hope it is not finished yet!

Should Al Gore feel lucky?

Reply #6 from JoeUser Forums Top

Harrison died on the same day as Martin Luther King, Jr. And they both died on what happens to be my birthday! I sure have a deadly birthday, huh?

Nah!  You were just born to be an historian! (or is that A historian?  Aitches are such a pain!)

Reply #7 from JoeUser Forums Top

O, and BTW, if I dont say it next week.

Happy Birthday!

Reply #8 from JoeUser Forums Top
he was president?

bahahahahahaha
Reply #9 from JoeUser Forums Top
True! And I know a lot of DU people that hope it is not finished yet!Should Al Gore feel lucky?


Moderately.

Nah! You were just born to be an historian! (or is that A historian? Aitches are such a pain!)


I never know what to put either. And if I wasn't born to be an historian, then I'm going to know a TON of useless stuff in my life!

O, and BTW, if I dont say it next week.Happy Birthday!


Thank you.

he was president?bahahahahahaha


Heh. Barely. We can say this of him: no one opposed any legislation he approved of!
Reply #10 from JoeUser Forums Top

he was president?

bahahahahahaha

Careful, Moderateman!  you are talking to An Old Domioner!  Them is fighting words!

Reply #11 from JoeUser Forums Top

Heh. Barely. We can say this of him: no one opposed any legislation he approved of!

And no one fought for the legislation he did not approve of!

Reply #12 from JoeUser Forums Top
And no one fought for the legislation he did not approve of!


Heh. He was pretty charismatic, huh?
Reply #13 from JoeUser Forums Top
Heh. He was pretty charismatic, huh?


See? He had a lot of things to talk about (altho all irrelevant).
Reply #14 from JoeUser Forums Top
See? He had a lot of things to talk about (altho all irrelevant).


Like all my conversations.
Reply #15 from JoeUser Forums Top
Hmm . . . does the Harrison administration even deserve a comment by the Great, Splendid, Magnificent, Omniscient Fazz?
Reply #16 from JoeUser Forums Top
Hmm . . . does the Harrison administration even deserve a comment by the Great, Splendid, Magnificent, Omniscient Fazz?


I don't know. We should ask him, but apparently we must ask elsewhere, since the only Fazz here is you.
Reply #17 from JoeUser Forums Top
Yes, we should ask the Great, Splendid, Magnificent, Omniscient Fazz. I am the Great, Splendid, Magnificent, Omniscient, Omnipotent Fazz!
Reply #18 from JoeUser Forums Top
Yes, we should ask the Great, Splendid, Magnificent, Omniscient Fazz. I am the Great, Splendid, Magnificent, Omniscient, Omnipotent Fazz!


Have you been forgetting your pills again?
Reply #19 from JoeUser Forums Top
No! The doctor says once daily. . .
Reply #20 from JoeUser Forums Top
No! The doctor says once daily. . .


But what about the other ones?