Harrison's Inauguration
Presidential Inauguration
of
Wm. H. Harrison in Washington, D.C.,
March 4, 1841
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William Henry Harrison (1773-1841), who served the shortest presidential
term, gave the longest inaugural address. Harrison was inaugurated
on March 4, 1841, on a cold, wet day and, refusing to wear a hat
or coat, caught cold. He then attended three inaugural balls in
the evening. Harrison's "Tippecanoe" ball was held at the District's
Carusi's Saloon with approximately 1,000 people paying ten dollars
each to attend. The president's cold lingered and then turned
more serious, until, on April 4, 1841, he succumbed to pneumonia
becoming the first president to die in office.
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