William Henry Harrison

Let's be real.  William Henry Harrison is known for one thing.

DYING.

If you are only reading this because you are a grade school kid that was FORCED to research him or some otherwise weird sucka please allow me to explain.

William Henry Harrison thought he was gonna be a real good President.  He got over-excited after the election and decided to deliver the longest inaugural address in history.  It wasn't like modern times.  There was no Fleetwood Mac.  There was no Anderson Cooper.  It was just William Henry Harrison standing in the rain for two hours with no coat on and lots of people listening.

a month later, he died from pneumonia.  (Go figure.)

Who is to blame?  If the President of the United States feels like standing in the rain with no coat on, how do you make him shut-up and put a jacket on?  You can't!  Don't even try, you will be arrested and/or shot.

It was the first instance in which a Vice-President had to take over as Actual-President.  John Tyler automatically ascended.  I often wonder if he considered that a "good work day" or a "bad work day?"  On one hand, he and the dead William Henry Harrison must have at least been sort-of friends, but on the other, he all of a sudden became PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES.  (of America)

I bet he did a huge coffee spit-take when he first got the news.

"What the F?  I barely had a chance to learn how to be VICE President yet and now I gotta do EVERYTHING?"

Hopefully he got a raise.


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