HARRISON
HARSHBERGER
one of the most exciting canvasses ever witnessed
in the history of national politics, in which the
" log cabin " '"hard cider, '" "Tippecanoe and Tyler
too " and other campaign cries bore a conspicuous
part, he was elected the ninth President of the
United States, his popular vote aggregating
1,375,017 to 1,128,703 for Van Buren and 7009 for
James G. Birney, Abolitionist. In the electoral
college in 1841 he received 334 votes to 60 for Van
Buren. He was inaugurated March 4, 1841, and
selected as his official family: Daniel Webster of
Massachusetts as secretary of state; Thomas
Ewing of Ohio as secretary of the ti-easury; John
Bell of Tennessee as secretary of war; George
E. Badger of North Carolina as secretary of the
navy; Francis Granger of New York as post-
master-general and John J. Crittenden of Ken-
tucky as attorney-general. After confirming the
various presidential appointments the U.S. sen-
ate adjourned, March l.j, 1841, and on March 17
President Harrison directed congress to reconvene
in extra session on May 31, 1841, to consider
financial questions. He became ill immediately
after and on March 37 a chill was followed by
bilious pneumonia and lie died on Sundaj^ morn-
ing, April 4. His wife had not yet been able
to take up her residence in the White House and
was not present at his death-bed. His body was
temporarily deposited in the congressional bury-
ing-ground at Washington, but was subsequently
removed to North Bend and placed in a tomb.
The tomb was
rebuilt by the
family in 1897.
On May 30,
1896, an eques-
trian statue in
bronze ex-
ecuted by
Louis T. Re- bisse, sculptor, erected by the citizens of Cin- cimaati at a cost of §37,000 besides the cost of the pedestal, was unveiled in that city, his grandson, Benjamin Harrison, ex- President of the United States, and his grand- daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Harrison Eaton, being present. President William Henry Harrison died at Washington, D. C. , April 4, 1841.
HARRISON, William Pope, clergyman, was born at Savannah, Ga., Sept. 3, 1830. His father removed to Covington, Ga., in 1835, and there established one of the first newspapers in that section of the state. The son received his educa-
HABBISON STATUE
tion in the preparatory school of Emory collego
and i-n 1850 entered the itinerant ministry of the
Methodist Episcopal church, south. He preached
in various places until 1879, when he was elected
chaplain of the U.S. house of representatives, and
served as such during the 46th and 47th con-
gresses, 1879-83. In 1883 he was elected book
editor in the ]3vibhshing house of the Southern
Methodist Episcopal church, to which position
he was re-elected in 1886, 1890, 1894 and 1898.
He was editor of the New Monthly Magazine.; of
the Quarterly lieview; secretary of the general
conference in 1890 and a member of the ecumen-
ical conferences at London (1881) and Washing-
ton (1891). He received from Emory college the
honorary degree of D.D. in 1866 ftnd that of
LL.D. in 1891. He is the author of: Thenphilus
Walton, or the Magnets of Truth (1858); Lights and
Shadows of Forty Years (1883); The Living Christ
(1884); The Higher Churchman Disarmed (1886);
Methodist Union (1893); The Gospel among the
Slaves (1893); and contributions to the religious
press. He died Feb. 7, 1895.
HARRY, Joseph Edward, educator, was born at Pylesville. Harford county, Md., Oct. 1, 1863; son of David and Maria Jane (Warner) Harry; and grandson of Joel and Elizabeth (Pyle) Harry, and of Joseph and Margaret (Pyle) Warner. His paternal ancestors emigrated from England with William Penn and settled in Phila- delphia; his maternal ancestors came from England in the early part of the 17th century and settled in Bucks county, Pa. He attended the public schools of JIaryland and Pennsylvania and was graduated from the ^laryland state normal school with salutatory honors in 1880. He taught in public schools, 1880-83, and prepared himself at the same time for college. He entered Johns Hopkins university in 1883, receiving the Hopkins scholarsliip in 1884, and graduating in 1886. He received a university scholarship in 1887; a fel- lowship in Greek in 1888, and the degree of Ph.D. from the same institution in 1889. He spent two summers studying and travelling in Europe, and became professor of Greek at Georgetown college, Ky. , in 1889. He was a corporate member of the Oriental society from 1891, of the American philo- logical association from 1896, and of the Archaeo- logical institute of America from 1898. He was married, Aug. 37, 1890, to Cora, daughter of Amos and Mary (Richardson) Day. He con- tributed to various journals and periodicals and edited for the college series of Greek authors the Hippohjtus of Euripides with introduction, notes and a critical appendix (1899).
HARSHBERGER, John William, educator, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 1, 1869; son of Dr. Abram and Jennie (Walk) Harshberger; grandson of David and Nancy (Rhone) Harsh-
