William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773 – April 4, 1841) was an American military officer and politician who served as the ninth president of the United States in 1841. Tyler claimed a constitutional mandate to become the new president and took the presidential oath of office, setting an important precedent for an orderly transfer of the presidency and its full powers when the previous president fails to complete the elected term. Harrison was the seventh and youngest child of Benjamin Harrison V and Elizabeth (Bassett) Harrison, born on February 9, 1773 at Berkeley Plantation, the Harrison family home along the James River in Charles City County, Virginia. He wrote a rebuke to Bolívar, stating that 'the strongest of all governments is that which is most free' and calling on Bolívar to encourage the development of democracy. In response, Bolívar wrote that the United States 'seem destined by Providence to plague America with torments in the name of freedom', a sentiment that achieved fame in Latin America.
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