William Henry Harrison gets the footnote treatment all the time.

And there's a couple of reasons for that, but you argue, Sharon, we would be wise to spend a little bit more time, not only on the short presidency.

It was just a month, but on the inaugural address of William Henry Harrison. Why?

Yeah, you're right. He's president for only a month,

and so most Americans couldn't even pick him out of the lineup. But one of the things that I think

is so interesting about him is, is the longest inaugural address in history that ends up getting

cut down by Daniel Webster in advance, it was longer than he even delivered.

Imagine standing out on the Capitol steps for all of those hours while he delivers a multi-hour

inaugural address. But what he says is important. And one of the things that I think he reminds us of

is the spirit of party, the excess factionalism that Americans are prone to. And this is something

that George Washington warned us about. And this is something that he saw taking shape in America in new ways

that he thought was potentially dangerous. He was going to take power away from the people

and put power in the hands of parties. And I think in many ways we're there in America.

And he also talked at great length in the inaugural address about the separation of powers

and that those separated powers serve best, exist best when they stay within their own confined and determined territory.

Absolutely. That we built three branches of government for a reason,

and it works best when Congress is actually doing their job. Listen, most Americans today don't

have a very high opinion of Congress. And I know that's not a popular thing to say in Washington,

D.C., but it's true. Congress has low approval ratings. And I know that's not a popular thing to say in Washington, D.C., but it's true.

Congress has low approval ratings, and he felt like Congress needs to do its job so that

the president can do his job, and so the judiciary can do their job.

He also warned, and I'm going to quote him here, about the old trick of those who would usurp the government

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