Life At North Bend
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President Harrison

Life At North Bend, also, President Harrison. William Henry Harrison Memorial Trail. , Life at North Bend , As the War of 18 12 concluded, William Henry Harrison resigned his post, content to make public appearances and live a settled life with his family here in North Bend., Though his presidential campaign would later claim that the former general spent these years in a log cabin drinking hard cider, this was hardly the case. Harrison didn't like to drink; this "log cabin candidate” lived in a mansion., The Harrisons were well known for their gracious hospitality. On Sundays, entire church congregations came to the house to dine and socialize. Many travelers, from politicians to trappers, were said to have stopped at the Harrison residence located a few blocks from here., Home Of Two Presidents , North Bend is the home to the ninth president William Henry Harrison. It is also the birthplace of the 23rd president, Benjamin Harrison. Quincy, Massachusetts, home to John Adams and John Quincy Adams, is the only other community that can lay claim to two presidents., President Harrison , , March 4, 1841 was a cold, rainy day. Refusing to wear a coat, William Henry Harrison took the presidential oath of office and delivered the longest inaugural speech ever. , Harrison died just one month later. Vice President John Tyler was inaugurated as the nation's tenth president. , Though we will never know the impact he would have had, Harrison's speech provides insight. He sought to minimize the power of the president, rejecting the veto in almost all circumstances. Congress and the individual states would hold much greater influence. , Anna Symmes Harrison never joined her husband in Washington. She was ill when he left and lacked enthusiasm for his new post. "I wish that my husband's friends had left him where he is,” she lamented after the election, "happy and contented in retirement." , Mother Of Presidents , When he became the ninth president of the United States, William Henry Harrison started a trend in his home state. Ohio can now claim eight presidents. They include:

William Henry Harrison 1841 , Ulysses S. Grant 1869-1877 , Rutherford B.Hayes 1877-1881 , James A. Garfield 1881 , Benjamin Harrison 1889-1893 , William McKinley 1897-1901 , William H. Taft 1909-1913 , Warren G. Harding 1921-1923