Anna Harrison
Anna Tuthill Symmes Harrison (born July 25, 1775 near Morristown , Province of New Jersey , † February 25, 1864 in North Bend , Ohio ) was the wife of the ninth US President William H. Harrison and the grandmother of President Benjamin Harrison . During her husband's month-long tenure in 1841, she was the First Lady of the United States.
Her parents were John Cleves Symmes and Anna Tuthill Symmes, who died in 1776.
Anna and William Harrison were married on November 25, 1795 in North Bend. The couple had ten children: Elizabeth (* 1795), John Cleves (* 1798), Lucy (* 1800), William Henry jr. (* 1802), John Scott (* 1804), Benjamin (* 1806), Mary (* 1809), Cater (* 1811), Anna (* 1813) and James (died as a child).
William H. Harrison died exactly a month after his appointment as president. Due to a serious illness, she was never able to make her way to Washington during his brief tenure, making her the only incumbent first lady who never entered the White House . Her daughter-in-law, Jane Irwin Harrison , hosted the White House during this time. With a one-time payment of $ 25,000, Anna Harrison became the first presidential widow to receive a pension from Congress .
After her husband's death, she lived in North Bend with her son, John Scott Harrison.
literature
- Christopher J. Leahy, Sharon William Leahy: The Ladies of Tippecanoe, and Tyler Too. In Katherine AS Sibley (Ed.): A Companion to First Ladies. Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester 2016, ISBN 978-1-118-73222-9 , pp. 142-158.
Web links
- Biography on the White House website
- Anna Harrison in the Miller Center of Public Affairs of the University of Virginia (English)
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| SURNAME | Harrison, Anna |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tuthill Symmes Harrison, Anna (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | First Lady of the United States |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 25, 1775 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | near Morristown , New Jersey |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 25, 1864 |
| Place of death | North Bend , Ohio |