Harrison, William Henry
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...was the first of the "rip-roaring" campaigns in U.S. history. Harrison and his running mate, John Tyler , were transformed by publicity. Harrison, an aristocratic Virginian, was made into a simple backwoods frontiersman, Tyler into...