William Henry Harrison, despite serving just 30 days in the White House, left a particularly large impact on American history. He became a war hero after defeating Tecumseh and the British in the War of 1812. When running for president, he used his fame to run a grassroots campaign that would influence all successful ones ever since. Before any of that, however, Harrison served as the first territorial governor of Indiana, at the time based in Vincennes, from 1801 to 1812. His administration was mainly concerned with expanding land for…
