Carter Bassett Harrison (October 26, 1811 – August 12, 1839) was an American attorney and son of William Henry Harrison.
William Henry Harrison Sr. was a United States military officer and politician who served as the ninth president of the United States in 1841. He died of typhoid fever 31 days into his term, becoming the first U.S. president to die in office. His death sparked a brief constitutional crisis regarding succession to the presidency, as the U.S. Constitution was unclear as to whether Vice President John Tyler should assume the office of President or merely execute the duties of the vacant office. Tyler claimed a constitutional mandate to carry out the full powers and duties of the presidency and took the presidential oath of office, setting an important precedent for an orderly transfer of presidential power when a president leaves office intra-term.
Born in Vincennes, Indiana, to future President William Henry Harrison and Anna Tuthill Symmes and the grandson of Declaration of Independence signer Benjamin Harrison V, Harrison entered Miami University in 1826 at the age of fifteen. He joined the Union Literary Society whose membership included Caleb Blood Smith, Robert C. Schenck and Cyrus Falconer, who would become a medical doctor and delegate to the Whig convention that nominated William Henry Harrison for the presidency. In the fall of 1828, Carter left school to travel with his father to Colombia, South America as his private secretary. They were recalled by President Andrew Jackson in September 1829 and arrived home in February 1830. Carter returned to Miami University to live in the newly constructed Elliott Hall and to teach the Spanish he learned to his fellow students. Upon graduation, he served as a clerk in Robert Schenck's Dayton, Ohio law office. When he was admitted to the bar, he joined his father in Cincinnati assisting in his business affairs. In 1836, he married Mary Sutherland of Hamilton, Ohio in a double ceremony with his sister, Anna Tuthill Harrison who married a second cousin, Colonel William Henry Harrison Taylor of Virginia. After the marriage, Carter began his practice of law in Hamilton. He died in August 1839, before his father's run for president, leaving his wife and an infant daughter.
Vincennes is a city in and the county seat of Knox County, Indiana, United States. It is located on the lower Wabash River in the southwestern part of the state, nearly halfway between Evansville and Terre Haute. Founded in 1732 by French fur traders, notably, François-Marie Bissot, Sieur de Vincennes for whom the Fort was named, Vincennes is the oldest continually-inhabited European settlement in Indiana and one of the oldest settlements west of the Appalachians.
Benjamin Harrison V, from Charles City County, Virginia, was an American planter and merchant, a revolutionary leader and a Founding Father of the United States. He received his higher education at the College of William and Mary. Harrison was a representative to the Virginia House of Burgesses for Surry County, Virginia, and Charles City County. He was a Virginia delegate to the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1777 and, during the Second Continental Congress, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Harrison served as Virginia's fifth governor from 1781 to 1784. His direct descendants include two U.S. Presidents—his son William Henry Harrison Sr. and great-grandson President Benjamin Harrison.
Miami University is a public research university in Oxford, Ohio. The university was founded in 1809, although classes were not held until 1824. Miami University is the second-oldest university in Ohio and the 10th oldest public university in the United States. Miami also has regional campuses in Hamilton, Middletown and West Chester, as well as the Dolibois European Center in Differdange, Luxembourg. The Carnegie Foundation classifies Miami University as a research university with a high research activity. It is affiliated with the University System of Ohio.
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