When William Henry Harrison died and was succeeded by the unpopular John Tyler, Whig leaders immediately began maneuvering to name Tyler's successor.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Of the 15 presidents before Lincoln, all but three the two Adamses and William Henry Harrison, who died after just a month in office were slave owners or their enablers.

WSJ: Book Review: The Fall of the House of Dixie

The Indian gallery features a Rembrandt Peale portrait (c. 1813) of future U.S. President William Henry Harrison, who defeated Tecumseh at Thames, as well as a buckskin jacket worn by Hillis Hadjo, leader of the Red Sticks (Batons Rouge), who were defeated by another future U.S. president, Andrew Jackson, at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend in 1814.

WSJ: 1812 | Canadian War Museum | Four Ways to Look at a War | By Mark Yost