William Henry Harrison Part II: Who Doesn’t Like Log Cabins and Hard Cider?

1840 wasn’t just an election, it was the first American political rager. The Whigs rolled out log cabins, Tippecanoe clubs, parade floats, and barrels of hard cider until the whole country was drunk on Harrison hype. It was the original meme campaign, and it worked.

Kyle & Eric are here for all the chaos:
🍎How Harrison became the first viral candidate (no Wi-Fi required)
🏛️The 8,445-word inaugural speech that doubled as cardio
📅Calling Congress into special session like, “Hi, I’m in charge now”
🙅‍♂️Telling Henry Clay to sit down and let the president cook
⚰️And the 31-day presidency that left America asking “wait, what just happened?”

This is campaign drama, political theatre, and presidential what-ifs served with a side of hard cider. Pour yourself a drink, hit play, and get ready to see why this one short month changed politics forever.

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Music:

Makemi/ Alexander Coffman Ross, Public domain, via WikimediaCommons This audio fragment is available from the United States Library of Congress's Music Division

Images:

Tipepcanoe Club: Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site, Publicdomain, via Wikimedia Commons

Jackson, Webster and Clay: Scan by NYPL, Public domain, viaWikimedia Commons

Inauguation: Charles Fenderich.  Scanned by the Library of Congress., Publicdomain, via Wikimedia Commons

Whig Party Banner: Terrence J. Kennedy, Public domain, viaWikimedia Commons

WHH Death: Popular Graphic Arts, Public domain, viaWikimedia Commons

John Tyler: Cornell University Library, No restrictions, viaWikimedia Commons