William Henry Harrison, John Tyler and James Knox Polk (The Lives of the Presidents)

vi, 120, 64, 96 pp. One of ten volumes. Biography of William Henry Harrison, John Tyler and James Knox Polk. William Henry Harrison, (born February 9, 1773, Charles City county, Virginia [U.S.] - died April 4, 1841, Washington, D.C., U.S.), ninth president of the United States (1841), whose Indian campaigns, while he was a territorial governor and army officer, thrust him into the national limelight and led to his election in 1840. He was the oldest man, at age 67, ever elected president up to that time, the last president born under British rule, and the first to die in office - after only one month's service. His grandson Benjamin Harrison was the 23rd president of the United States (1889 - 93). John Tyler, (born March 29, 1790, Charles City county, Virginia, U.S. - died January 18, 1862, Richmond), 10th president of the United States (1841 - 45), who took office upon the death of Pres. William Henry Harrison. A maverick Democrat who refused allegiance to the program of party leader Andrew Jackson, Tyler was rejected in office by both the Democratic Party and the Whig Party and functioned as a political independent. James K. Polk, in full James Knox Polk, (born November 2, 1795, Mecklenburg county, North Carolina, U.S. - died June 15, 1849, Nashville, Tennessee), 11th president of the United States (1845 - 49). Under his leadership the United States fought the Mexican War (1846 - 48) and acquired vast territories along the Pacific coast and in the Southwest.