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Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too

Part 9 of My Presidential Review Series

March 24, 2005 8:10:30 PM from JoeUser ForumsJoeUser Forums


Settling in for a long write, the series now reaches William Henry Harrison. Harrison's election is considered the first modern election, complete with songs, themes, and hoopla. Harrison was portrayed as a simple frontiersman, despite being from a grand manor on a plantation in Virginia. In order to convey this appearance, he gave a long Inaugural in the cold without a jacket, which later proved to be his downfall. He was the first president to die in office, and the first president under the Whig party. Harrison served March 4, 1841 to April 4, 1841.

Only one thing can be said of the Harrison Administration: it existed. Other than that, nothing. All Harrison did before dying from pnemonia was appoint his Cabinet. He had appointed them on how well they could do their job, thus hoping to end the spoils system, but with the mass resignation of his appointees during the Tyler administration, the spoils system was restored.

Harrison died on April 4, 1841.

Um...that's it. Nothing to see here, nothing to review. Sorry if you were expecting more, but there's nothing to say.

Overall Ranking: Due to the brevity of his administartion, Harrison will not be ranked.

"The people are the best guardians of their own rights and it is the duty of their executive to abstain from interfering in or thwarting the sacred exercise of the lawmaking functions of their government."
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Reply #1 March 24, 2005 8:25:44 PM
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Only one thing can be said of the Harrison Administration: it existed.

You should have used that as the title!  You did manage to make me laugh as well.

I will give you another tidbit tho.  He and John Tyler were born and lived in the same county of Virginia.  Charles City.  It is not a city and barely a county.  But if you want to see some grand pre-bellum plantaions, visit it.

And I would also say "Cop out" on the ranking, but then I am laughing too much and cant fault you for that!

Now you can get back to the unknowns.

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Reply #2 March 24, 2005 8:27:19 PM
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Oh, (well here is another nickle), He was the first one to suffer from the Cherokee Curse.  It ended with Reagan, but just barely as he was shot, but lived.
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Reply #3 March 24, 2005 8:42:55 PM
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You should have used that as the title! You did manage to make me laugh as well.


Considering that I had nothing much to say, I decided to put a dash of humor in. I don't think that would have fit as a title, though.

will give you another tidbit tho. He and John Tyler were born and lived in the same county of Virginia. Charles City. It is not a city and barely a county. But if you want to see some grand pre-bellum plantaions, visit it.


Hm. That's interesting. Not a city and barely a county? That's like Luxembourg, except replace county with country.

Oh, (well here is another nickle), He was the first one to suffer from the Cherokee Curse. It ended with Reagan, but just barely as he was shot, but lived.


Oh, dang, I knew that and I meant to put it in. Oh well. And we don't know it has ended yet; Bush's term isn't over yet!
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Reply #4 March 24, 2005 8:54:56 PM
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I hope you don't mind if I put in another nickle too:

Harrison died on the same day as Martin Luther King, Jr. And they both died on what happens to be my birthday! I sure have a deadly birthday, huh?
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Reply #5 March 24, 2005 8:55:52 PM
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Oh, dang, I knew that and I meant to put it in. Oh well. And we don't know it has ended yet; Bush's term isn't over yet!

True!  And I know a lot of DU people that hope it is not finished yet!

Should Al Gore feel lucky?

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Reply #6 March 24, 2005 8:57:11 PM
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Harrison died on the same day as Martin Luther King, Jr. And they both died on what happens to be my birthday! I sure have a deadly birthday, huh?

Nah!  You were just born to be an historian! (or is that A historian?  Aitches are such a pain!)

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Reply #7 March 24, 2005 8:58:36 PM
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O, and BTW, if I dont say it next week.

Happy Birthday!

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Reply #8 March 24, 2005 8:58:41 PM
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he was president?

bahahahahahaha
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Reply #9 March 24, 2005 9:05:26 PM
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True! And I know a lot of DU people that hope it is not finished yet!Should Al Gore feel lucky?


Moderately.

Nah! You were just born to be an historian! (or is that A historian? Aitches are such a pain!)


I never know what to put either. And if I wasn't born to be an historian, then I'm going to know a TON of useless stuff in my life!

O, and BTW, if I dont say it next week.Happy Birthday!


Thank you.

he was president?bahahahahahaha


Heh. Barely. We can say this of him: no one opposed any legislation he approved of!
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Reply #10 March 24, 2005 9:07:22 PM
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he was president?

bahahahahahaha

Careful, Moderateman!  you are talking to An Old Domioner!  Them is fighting words!

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Reply #11 March 24, 2005 9:09:05 PM
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Heh. Barely. We can say this of him: no one opposed any legislation he approved of!

And no one fought for the legislation he did not approve of!

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Reply #12 March 24, 2005 9:15:26 PM
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And no one fought for the legislation he did not approve of!


Heh. He was pretty charismatic, huh?
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Reply #13 March 24, 2005 9:26:05 PM
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Heh. He was pretty charismatic, huh?


See? He had a lot of things to talk about (altho all irrelevant).
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Reply #14 March 24, 2005 9:33:01 PM
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See? He had a lot of things to talk about (altho all irrelevant).


Like all my conversations.
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Reply #15 March 24, 2005 10:54:57 PM
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Hmm . . . does the Harrison administration even deserve a comment by the Great, Splendid, Magnificent, Omniscient Fazz?
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Reply #16 March 24, 2005 10:57:33 PM
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Hmm . . . does the Harrison administration even deserve a comment by the Great, Splendid, Magnificent, Omniscient Fazz?


I don't know. We should ask him, but apparently we must ask elsewhere, since the only Fazz here is you.
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Reply #17 March 24, 2005 11:00:05 PM
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Yes, we should ask the Great, Splendid, Magnificent, Omniscient Fazz. I am the Great, Splendid, Magnificent, Omniscient, Omnipotent Fazz!
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Reply #18 March 24, 2005 11:01:21 PM
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Yes, we should ask the Great, Splendid, Magnificent, Omniscient Fazz. I am the Great, Splendid, Magnificent, Omniscient, Omnipotent Fazz!


Have you been forgetting your pills again?
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Reply #19 March 24, 2005 11:05:26 PM
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No! The doctor says once daily. . .
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Reply #20 March 24, 2005 11:07:02 PM
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No! The doctor says once daily. . .


But what about the other ones?
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