who was the president that served the shortest term
William Henry Harrison Sr.
title: William Henry Harrison text: die in office. His last words were to his doctor, but they were assumed to be directed at Vice President Tyler: "Sir, I wish you to understand the true principles of the government. I wish them carried out. I ask nothing more." Harrison served the shortest term of any American president: March 4 – April 4, 1841, 30 days, 12 hours, and 30 minutes. The President's body was borne through Washington. Solomon Northup gave an account of the procession in "Twelve Years a Slave": Harrison's funeral took place in the Wesley Chapel in Cincinnati, Ohio, on April 7, 1841. His title: Manuel Roxas text: the School supplies scandal; and the failure to check and stop the communist Hukbalahap movement. Roxas did not finish his full four-year term. On the morning of April 15, 1948 Roxas delivered a speech before the United States Thirteenth Air Force. After the speech, he felt dizzy and was brought to the residence of Major General E.L. Eubank at Clark Field, Pampanga. He died later that night of a heart attack. Roxas' term as President is thus the third shortest, lasting one year, ten months, and 18 days. On April 17, 1948, two days after Roxas' death, Vice-President Elpidio Quirino title: William Henry Harrison text: William Henry Harrison William Henry Harrison Sr. (February 9, 1773 – April 4, 1841) was an American military officer, politician, and the ninth President of the United States. He died of pneumonia thirty-one days into his term, thereby serving the shortest tenure in United States presidential history. Because he was the first president to die in office, his death sparked a constitutional crisis and questions and debates about the presidential line of succession. Harrison was a son of Benjamin Harrison V, one of the Founding Fathers and the paternal grandfather of Benjamin Harrison, the 23rd President of the United States title: Pedro Lascuráin text: Pedro Lascuráin Pedro José Domingo de la Calzada Manuel María Lascuráin Paredes (8 May 1856 – 21 July 1952) was a Mexican politician who served as the 34th President of Mexico for less than one hour on February 19, 1913, the shortest presidency in the history of the world. He had earlier served as Mexico's foreign secretary for two terms and was the director of a small law school in Mexico City for sixteen years. Lascuráin was born in Mexico City in 1856. He was the son of Francisco Lascuráin Icaza and Ana Paredes Cortés. Lascuráin received a law degree title: George DeBaptiste text: being tried under fugitive slave law after being recaptured by his master. In 1851 an African-American barber named Robert Cromwell had set up a shop in Chatham, Ontario. Before his election to US President, William Henry Harrison was living in North Bend, Ohio. DeBaptiste became his valet during his campaign and, after Harrison was elected president, he appointed the young man as White House steward. Harrison's term was the shortest of any presidency, as he died of illness after one month in office. DeBaptiste had become very close with the president and cared for him during his illness. An obituary