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William Henry Harrison ran in the Whig party while Dwight Eisenhower ran in the Republican party. Both men were soldiers in their early life as well as Christians.
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Who were the two presidents with the same last names?
Adams, John and John Q. - father and son.Bush, George H. W. and George W --father and son,Harrison, William Henry and Benjamin- grandfather and grandsonRoosevelt, Theodore and Franklin D. -- distant cousinsJohnson, Andrew and Lyndon B, - not related
Were any of the US Presidents related to each other?
Franklin D. Roosevelt - 32nd president of the United States was related, either by blood or by marriage, to 11 former presidents.Nixon (11) - Fillmore, Hayes, Taft, Harding, Coolidge, Hoover, FDR, Ford, Carter, both Bushes
What did Thomas Hooker and William Penn have in common?
They all took an active part in the government of the New England colonies.
How were Samuel prescott and William prescott related?
William Prescott was the second cousin of Abel Prescott, the father of Dr. Samuel Prescott, so their relationship was second cousin once removed. Their common ancestors were John Prescott and his wife Mary Gawkroger who left Yorkshire for Lancaster, Massachusetts.
Why was Harrison's log cabin campaign?
The incumbent President, Martin Van Buren, was in trouble due to the economic slump which followed the Panic of 1837. Van Buren, although the protege of Andrew Jackson, did not have much in common with Jackson. Harrison, on the other hand , was a war hero from his successes in the War of 1812 and in Indian Wars. He had lived in frontier Indiana and the campaign denoted him as a "man of the people" like Jackson. (In actuality Harrison was from an old aristocratic family in Virginia and grew up in mansion but he looked a lot more like Jackson that did the short, rather fat Van Buren,)
