William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773 – April 4, 1841) was an American military leader, politician, and the ninth President of the United States, (1841).
William Henry Harrison's brother, Carter Bassett Harrison, later became a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Virginia.
William Henry Harrison and the Prophetstown battle at Tippecanoe are partly fictionalised in the Alvin Maker series of books by Orson Scott Card.
In August, CongressmanWilliam Moorhead of Pennsylvania proposes legislation to implement the Commission's recommendations.
In February, William Bennett resigns as NEH Chairman to become U.S. Secretary of Education, and NEH Deputy Chairman John Agresto becomes Acting Chairman.
In November, William R. Ferris, Director of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture and professor of anthropology at the University of Mississippi, becomes the seventh Chairman of NEH.
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