William Harrison, a frontier army general whose fame (and nickname ... The Whigs, led by Henry Clay, fielded Harrison as a war hero candidate in 1840. During the campaign, they downplayed ...

Due to his military career, William Henry Harrison became the frontrunner of the Whig Party—a new political faction assembled by opposition to Jackson. Despite his aristocratic Virginian roots, the ...

Before becoming the 23rd president - Benjamin Harrison, the grandson of Ninth President William Henry Harrison ... the honorary rank of Brevet Brigadier General which he received shortly before ...

Grandson of William Henry Harrison, Benjamin Harrison managed ... Although he endorsed protectionist tariffs in general, Harrison negotiated reciprocal trade agreements that set the pattern ...