William Henry Harrison, and one of my ancestors

Our 9th president, William Henry Harrison, was born February 9, 1773. He was the last president born as a British subject. As a soldier, he participated in the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1792, and most notably in the confrontation with the Shawnee leader Tecumseh at the 1811 Battle of Tippecanoe. Consequently, Harrison was often called "Old Tippecanoe." He was delegate of the Northwest Territory in Congress, then governor of Indiana Territory. Later, he represented Ohio's first district in the U.S. House and Senate. After several years of private life, he was nominated as the Whig candidate in the 1836 and 1840 presidential elections. He won in 1840, with John Tyler as his running mate. "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too!" Harrison died in April 1841, a month after his inauguration, the first president to die in office.

Here is a column from the July 22, 1840 issue of the Vandalia Whig, my hometown's newspaper at the time. Abraham Lincoln is running for Whig elector. My 4th great-grandfather Thomas R. Gatewood (c 1781-1856) is running for reelection as county coroner. (He lost.) The other names for state and county elections are notable Vandalians and Fayette Countians of the time.