HENRY HARRISON was born in Berkeley, Charles City County,
Virginia, February 9, 1773. He entered the army as ensign in 1791;
served in the north-west against the Indians, under General St. Clair,
and afterward under General Wayne, to whom he was aid-de-camp; became
captain in 1795; resigned in 1797; was appointed secretary of the
North-west territory, and was its delegate in Congress, 1799. He was
governor of the territory of Indiana, 1801-1813; defeated Tecumseh at
Tippecanoe, November 7, 1811; was made brigadier-general and commander
of the North-west territory in 1812, major-general in 1813; gallantly
defended Fort Meigs, and defeated the British army at the battle of
the Thames, October 5, 1813, for which victory Congress gave him a
vote of thanks and a gold medal. He resigned his commission shortly
afterwards. Was a member of Congress from Ohio, 1816-1819; Ohio State
senator, 1819-1824; United States senator, 1825-1828, and (p. 255)
President of the United States, March 4, 1841. He died in the White
House, Washington, on April 4, one month after his inauguration. He
was known in the West by the sobriquet of "Old Tippecanoe." No
presidential medal of him was struck.

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ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS.

_Resolutions of Congress Voting Medals to General Harrison and
Governor Shelby, etc._

_Resolved unanimously by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled_: That the
thanks of Congress be, and they are hereby, presented to
Major-General William Henry Harrison, and Isaac Shelby, late
Governor of Kentucky, and, through them, to the officers and men
under their command, for their gallantry and good conduct in
defeating the combined British and Indian forces under
Major-General Proctor, on the Thames, in Upper Canada, on the
fifth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen,
capturing the British army, with their baggage, camp equipage and
artillery; and that the President of the United States be
requested to cause two gold medals to be struck, emblematical of
this triumph, and presented to General Harrison and Isaac Shelby,
late Governor of Kentucky.

_Resolved_, That the President of the United States be requested
to present to Colonel Richard M. Johnson a sword, as a testimony
of the high sense entertained by Congress of the daring and