which had been corrupted by the excesses of an urbanized King and Parliament. The populism of the late 1820s brought Andrew Jackson into the presidency—the rough-and-ready westerner sweeping away the corruption of elite eastern urbanites. William Henry Harrison capitalized on populism by painting ...
William Henry Harrison was the ninth president of the United States (1841) and the first to die in office.
Political Affiliation: Republican Party See all related content Henry William Blair(born Dec. 6, 1834, Campton, N.H., U.S.—died March 14, 1920, Washington, D.C.) was an American politician who, as a member ofCongress, pioneered efforts to win federal support for public education. ...