William Henry Harrison gave an hour and forty-five minute inaugeral address in a snowstorm. He died a month later of pneumonia.
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President William Henry Harrison He died two weeks after his inauguration because he gave a long speech during January, a cold month, with no coat, and no hat, he contracted pneumonia, and died.
The shortest-serving President was William Henry Harrison. He fell ill immediately following his inauguration in 1841 and died of pneumonia a month later. He was only President for a month. The next shortest term was James A. Garfield, at about 6 months. He took office in March 1881, was shot in July, and died in September. In 3rd was Zachary Taylor. He came down with an infection of the stomach and/or intestines a little over a year into his term and died in July of 1850.
William Henry Harrison was inaugurated on March 4, 1841 and died just one month later, on April 4, 1841. Harrison (9th US president) gave a two hour inaugural speech in a cold rain without a coat or hat, caught pneumonia, and died a month later.
William Henry Harrison. He got pneumonia during his lengthy inaugural address, during which he did not wear a topcoat, and died shortly afterward.
William Henry Harrison; after giving his inaugural address in colder weather, he died of complications from pneumonia. His term was the shortest of any U.S. president.