William Henry Harrison
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Nov 6, 2026
LizHOST
So there again, these Buffalonians.
LizHOST
have like they're like loyal to certain candy stores there's henry's candies there's fowler's candies um this is from fowler's which is garrett's favorite i know that his cousins prefer henry's okay um so let me i've unwrapped it okay
NikkiHOST
it looks like a just a square of chocolate but it feels like a marshmallowy type texture inside yeah it's interesting take a bite
LizHOST
I'm interested to know.
NikkiHOST
did the sculpture survive
LizHOST
yeah it was fine oh okay um
NikkiHOST
did anybody tell henry not to touch the bird when you were no and and he got in trouble when he did
LizHOST
he got in trouble like i figured they would tell what
TanejahHOST
But Harrison did come from a long line of political heavyweights.
TanejahHOST
Like William Henry Harrison.
TanejahHOST
His grandfather I believe.
TanejahHOST
And he was.
TanejahHOST
He was shot while in office.
TanejahHOST
William Henry Harrison.
TanejahHOST
And then Harrison V was also governor of Virginia, and he was also one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.
TanejahHOST
So you can kind of see where this can sway voters to, you know, think, well, OK, well, you have this running through your veins.
Aaron JoyHOST
And I'm well-versed in presidential history.
Aaron JoyHOST
And you know who that one was? William Henry Harrison, who died after a month.
Aaron JoyHOST
He just didn't have time to lie.
Aaron JoyHOST
But 100% of presidents have lied.
John HagedornHOST
Because we're going to place seven names on our courtroom blackboard.
John HagedornHOST
Harrison, Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, Harding, Roosevelt, and Kennedy.
John HagedornHOST
And beside those seven names, we're going to place seven election years, each spaced 20 years apart.
John HagedornHOST
1840, 1860, 1880, 1900, 1920, 1940, and 1960. every 20 years, and every one of those presidents died in office.
John HagedornHOST
Just names and dates.
John HagedornHOST
1840.
John HagedornHOST
William Henry Harrison is elected president.
John HagedornHOST
He takes office in 1841, and one month later, he is dead.
Sean WilentzHOST
We're back here with David Blight and Doug Brinkley and Bev Gage, Beverly Gage, to talk about the worst presidents in American history.
Sean WilentzHOST
We've gone through a list of five in our first two episodes, ranging from William Henry Harrison to Richard Nixon.
Sean WilentzHOST
Now, I'll just throw it out for a general discussion.
Sean WilentzHOST
But before I do that, I want to note that we purposefully did not consider the incumbent in this, because the incumbent's been, you know, it's kind of close for us as historians.
Beverly GageGUEST
One of the interesting questions for us in making our final judgments, since I think we're about to do that, is are we talking about the president who did the worst things that now shape the world that we are living in? In which case, I think there is a pretty powerful Nixon story there.
Beverly GageGUEST
Or are we kind of judging by some other set of accomplishments, right? In which case...
Beverly GageGUEST
Or William Henry Harrison.
Beverly GageGUEST
But William Henry Harrison and Richard Nixon are incredibly different cases for what makes the worst, right? It's nothing or it's like too much and things that we don't like.
Tessa DunlopHOST
I have none.
Iain DaleHOST
William Henry Harrison was the president who caught a cold at his inauguration in 1841.
Iain DaleHOST
He delivered the longest inauguration address in American history, speaking for nearly two hours in cold, wet weather without a coat or hat.
Iain DaleHOST
He subsequently fell ill and died on the 4th of April 1841, just 31 days after taking office.
Beverly GageGUEST
I should also say, one of the things that Harding has gotten a lot of attention for recently is his sex life.
Beverly GageGUEST
And I don't know that much about, say, William Henry Harrison's sex life, but we know a whole lot about Warren Harding's sex life while he was in the White House, while he was sneaking his lover in and basically having sex in closets in the White House.
Beverly GageGUEST
So that might be setting a precedent for future presidents.
Beverly GageGUEST
But Who we can we can discuss.
TaylorHOST
So eight of those 16 were due to the death of a president.
TaylorHOST
The first was John Tyler became the 10th president of the United States upon the death of President William Henry Harrison.
TaylorHOST
William Henry Harrison died because there was poop in the water at the White House.
TaylorHOST
It was a bad time to be alive for water.
TaylorHOST
But no one really knew what to do.
Sean WilentzHOST
Doug, who would you pick? What name you want to throw into the mix?
Douglas BrinkleyGUEST
Well, you know, you have to, if you're going to put all the precedents, you have to look at William Henry Harrison, who's a great American, great war hero.
Douglas BrinkleyGUEST
I grew up in Ohio where, you know, William Henry Harrison at Fort Meigs or in his campaigns in Indiana, War of 1812.
Douglas BrinkleyGUEST
But when you're only president a month, it's hard to be put in the ratings.
Douglas BrinkleyGUEST
You know, he gave the longest inaugural in American history.
Sean WilentzHOST
Sid.
Sidney BlumenthalHOST
Yeah, I would go for a president between Doug's choice and David's choice, who's been ignored too much as a bad president, and that's John Tyler.
Sidney BlumenthalHOST
who succeeded William Henry Harrison.
LennyHOST
Yeah.
LennyHOST
William Henry Harrison haunts the White House.
LennyHOST
Okay.
LennyHOST
And apparently Dolly Madison and Abigail Adams still tend to the White House.
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