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1839 Dec 4 |
The Whig Party opened a national convention in Harrisburg, Pa., where delegates nominated William Henry Harrison for president. Soon after the Whigs constructed a 10-foot ball of twine, wood and tin, covered with Whig slogans, and rolled it from Cleveland to Columbus, Ohio, and across the country. This was later deemed the first modern presidential and led to the expression "Keep the ball rolling." Links: USA, Pennsylvania, HarrisonW 
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1841 Apr 4 |
President William Henry Harrison (68), 9th President of the US, succumbed to pneumonia one month after his inaugural, becoming the first U.S. chief executive to die in office. VP. Tyler assumed office. Links: USA, HarrisonW
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1841 1921 |
Of the 11 U.S. presidents serving between 1841 and 1921, seven of them were born in Ohio.The presidents and their places of birth were: Ulysses S. Grant, Point Pleasant; Rutherford B. Hayes, Delaware; James A. Garfield, Orange; Benjamin Harrison, North Bend; William McKinley, Niles; William H. Taft, Cincinnati; Warren G. Harding, Morrow County. These were the only Ohio-born presidents. Three of them, Garfield, McKinley and Harding died in office. Four of the seven presidents hailing from Ohio died while in office. They were William Henry Harrison, the 9th president, who died one month after his inauguration in 1841; the 20th president, James Garfield, who was assassinated in 1881; William McKinley, the 25th president, who was assassinated in 1901; and Warren G. Harding, who died suddenly in 1923. Links: USA, Ohio, GarfieldJ, HarrisonB, McKinleyW, TaftW, HardingW, HayesR, HarrisonW
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