General William Henry Harrison led a stunning victory over British forces and their Native allies in the Battle of the Thames on this day in history, Oct. 5, 1813. The swift American victory in the ...

The famous Shawnee Indian leader Tecumseh and future president William Henry Harrison — a U.S. Army general as Tecumseh’s contemporary — were clearly rivals that shaped America’s early history.

The son of Benjamin Harrison, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, William Henry Harrison was raised on a Virginia plantation. Growing up, Harrison had no thought of becoming president. He ...