The household history of the United States and its people, for young Americans . ion of Van Buren, variouscauses brought on severe financial distress in 1837. The hard times were attributed by the people to thehostility of Van Buren to thebanks. In 1840 General WilliamHenry Harrison was nominatedby the Whigs against Van Bu-ren. The canvass of that yearwas one of wild Whigs, to please the popu-lar feeling of the time, boastedthat their candidate lived in alog-cabin and drank hard drew log-cabins on wheelsin their processions. It is WILLIAM H. HARRISON. , , , , . f * kn
The household history of the United States and its people, for young Americans . ion of Van Buren, variouscauses brought on severe financial distress in 1837. The hard times were attributed by the people to thehostility of Van Buren to thebanks. In 1840 General WilliamHenry Harrison was nominatedby the Whigs against Van Bu-ren. The canvass of that yearwas one of wild Whigs, to please the popu-lar feeling of the time, boastedthat their candidate lived in alog-cabin and drank hard drew log-cabins on wheelsin their processions. It is WILLIAM H. HARRISON. , , , , . f * known in the history 01 Amer-ican politics as the Log-cabin and Hard-cider Cam-paign. Harrison was triumphantly elected, and wasinaugurated amid wild rejoicings. But he died in onemonth after the beginning of his term. Harrison was born in Charles City County, Virginia,in 1773, and was a son of Benjamin Harrison, Governorof Virginia. He was educated at Hampden-Sidney Col-lege, and entered the army as an ensign in 1791. Harri-son was aide-de-camp to General Wayne in his campaign. ANNEXATION OF TEXAS. 283 in Ohio, and was afterward Secretary of the NorthwestTerritory, delegate in Congress, the first Governor ofIndiana Territory, and Superintendent of Indian selection for the presidency was due to the famewon in his conduct of the war against Tecumseh, andhis admirable and fortunate career in the second waragainst England. When nominated for the presidency,he held the humble office of clerk to the county court. The Vice-President who had been elected at the sametime with Harrison was John Tyler, who was born inVirginia in 1790, and who had been a member of Con-gress and Governor of his native State. On the deathof Harrison, Tyler succeeded to the presidency, accord-ing to the Constitution. He did not sympathize withthe views of his party regarding the bank question, and,when Congress passed a bill forits re-establishment, he vetoed themeasure. This act brought on himthe
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