Saturday, February 10, 2018

President William Henry Harrison


I learned something interesting yesterday from a Trivia session at the Day Care where I volunteer.

Our 9th President was William Henry Harrison. He delivered the longest inaugural address in history on a bitterly cold March morning. It clocked in at 1 hour and 45 minutes. 

He caught a cold on that day which eventually turned into pneumonia. He passed away 32 days later, the shortest term ever served.






10 comments:

Honolulu Aunty said...

Whoa. Not good.

Anonymous said...

j: And did it teach politicians to keep their speeches short? NOOOOOOO...-N

Kay said...

No kidding? That's amazing! I didn't know either.

Chet Colson said...

Interesting trivia, didn't know that. Too bad, no antibiotics were available at the time.

jalna said...

Too long the speech was yah, Aunty.

N, hahahahaha!

Interesting yah, Kay.

Chet, I love the trivia session at the day care.

celia said...

I wonder if others also got sick that day with being stuck with that hour and 45 minute speech in the bitter cold.

jalna said...

I wonder too, Celia.

Susan said...

Interesting, I learned something! I'm going to pass it on to my boys : )

Leslie's pics said...

holy crap!

Erick said...

Wow, talking too much can be fatal.