What caused William Henry Harrison's death?

William Henry Harrison, the ninth president of the United States, holds a distinction that with luck will never be equaled: He was our shortest-serving president, dying on ... Taylor died, while Polk recovered, only to be killed by what is thought to have been cholera a mere three months after leaving office. read more

An 1846 map of Washington, top, shows the home (A) of William Henry Harrison, above, its water supply (B), and a field of “night soil” (C) that could have harbored deadly bacteria. read more

See: Death in the White House: President William Henry Harrison's Atypical Pneumonia. Harrison's death earned him the dubious distinction of being the U.S. president with the shortest time in office. read more

William Henry Harrison Sr. (February 9, 1773 – April 4, 1841) was an American military officer, a principal contributor in the War of 1812, and the ninth President of the United States (1841). read more

The official cause of death for William Henry Harrison went down in the medical record as pneumonia. The ninth president died only 32 days into office after delivering the longest inaugural address in history (outdoors, without a coat or hat on) — yielding the nearly 200-year-old story that his meandering speech was what did him in. read more