The 9th US president William Henry Harrison was best known for gaining national fame for leading U.S. forces against American Indians at the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811.

Also, as a general in the War of 1812, his most notable contribution was a victory at the Battle of the Thames in 1813, which brought an end to hostilities in his region.

William Henry Harrison also got aclaim for running a successful horsebreeding enterprise.

He died on his thirty-second day in office.

Read more about him at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Harrison

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William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773 – April 4, 1841) was the ninth President of the United States, an American military officer and politician, and the first president to die in office. The oldest president elected until Ronald Reagan in 1980, and last President to be born before the United States Declaration of Independence,
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William Henry Harrison was good at
1.He was a experience as a military commander
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Harrison was promoted to lieutenant that summer because of his strict attention to discipline, and the following year he was promoted to serve as aide-de-camp. It was from Wayne that Harrison learned how to successfully command an army on the American frontier.
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2.He was a successful horse breeder
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Harrison ran a successful horse breeding enterprise that won him acclaim throughout the Northwest Territory.16 He championed the northwesterners' primary concern at the time: land prices, increasing his popularity
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3. He was a great congressman
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Harrison had many friends in the elite eastern social circles, and quickly gained a reputation among them as a frontier leader
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4. He was a good governor
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As governor, Harrison had wide ranging powers in the new territory, including the authority to appoint all territory officials and the territorial legislature and control over the division of the territory into districts. A primary responsibility was to obtain title to Native American lands to allow for white settlement to expand in the area, which enabled the region to eventually gain statehood.
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5. He was a good army general
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The ploy failed, and the tribes launched a surprise attack on Harrison's army early on the morning of November 6 in what became known as the Battle of Tippecanoe. Harrison ultimately won his famous victory at what is now Prophetstown, Indiana, next to the Wabash and Tippecanoe Rivers. Harrison was hailed as a national hero although his troops had greatly outnumbered the attackers and had suffered many more casualties
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6.An asset to government
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There, he lived in relative retirement after nearly 40 years of continuous government service. Having accumulated no substantial wealth during his lifetime, he subsisted on his savings, a small pension, and the income produced by his farm
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7. A commissioner over treaties
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After the war, Harrison was appointed by President James Madison to serve as a commissioner to negotiate two treaties with the Indians tribes in the Northwest. Both treaties were advantageous to the United States and a large tract of land in the west was opened for settlement.
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