William Henry Harrison: America's briefest President

"Sunday Morning" correspondent Mo Rocca explores the life and abbreviated time in office of America's 9th President, William Henry Harrison, who took ill during his Inauguration and died a month later.

[gavinthecrafter]

Fun fact: William Henry Harrison's presidency was so short that his inauguration speech took up about 0.28% of his presidency.

[akorn]

Hamilton: “if you stand for nothing, what do you fall for?”
Harrison: *”pneumonia.”*

[CCJJChannels]

“We are the mediocre presidents! You won’t find our faces on dollars or on cents! There’s Taylor, there’s Tyler, there’s Fillmore & there’s Hayes! There’s William Henry Harrison . . . I DIED IN 30 DAYS!”

[rib_rob_personal]

Well dang he sounded like a cool dude. Took a joke about him and embraced it. That's humility and a sense of humor right there lol.

[jgrab]

He didn't stand for anything yet he made a two hour speech? What did he talk about?

[theodoreroosevelt]

Oh look, a new president he's gone.

[paulfasse]

Everybody talking about that he died only 30 days after being the How about he lived nearly 30 years past life expectancy at that time. 🤔

[AutisticGamerK]

Fun Fact: He is the 1st president in American history to ever die while in office.

[azhimdzulfadhlil]

Because he was fighting a paraplegic joestar that could shoot his fingernails

[SiVlog]

Harrison was probably the ultimate case of famous last words, with his delivering of the longest inaugural address in history on a cold rainy day without a hat or overcoat

[sizarix]

For a second there, I thought the title said "America's beefiest president"

[miketheyunggod]

his grandson, Benjamin, also became president.

[williamhenryharrison]

Can’t believe I was in office for a month

[salim]

Legend has it is that Harrison is still delivering his speech under the rain

[michaeltnk]

“There’s William Henry Harrison!”
“I died in 30 days!”

[DinoGunZ]

He was one of my great-grandfather's although he had a very short presidency Had a great military career

[DSS-jjcw]

William Henry Harrison's father was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and his grandson was also president!

[TheChosennn]

He was literally president for a month lol

[StoriedArt]

I love that mo rocca may not be the most famous daily show alumnus but it's turning out he's the most honest and trustworthy...good job mo.

[johnvance]

My grandmother grew up being told he was her like great great grandfather or something like that and her grandmother had the name of Harrison and she just did a DNA test and it turns out we are related to him! We have family history that connects back to virginia and ohio even though we only know our family here in Mississippi and Louisiana.