Due to his military career, William Henry Harrison became the frontrunner of the Whig Party—a new political faction assembled by opposition to Jackson. Despite his aristocratic Virginian roots, the ...

William Harrison ... in his month in office, Harrison had no strong program to put in place. He promised in his inaugural address to follow the will of the people by abiding by the decisions ...

Grandson of William Henry Harrison, Benjamin Harrison managed to ... the goal of a check on corporations that later presidents like Theodore Roosevelt could exploit more fully.