Hello and welcome to this day in esoteric political history from radiotopia.

My name is Jody Avergan.

This day, April 4, 1841 at 1230 a.m. President William Henry Harrison dies at the White House,

the first commander-in-chief to die in office. His term is famously also the shortest for any president 30 days. And the story

goes that he died of complications from getting sick during his inauguration when the weather

was lousy and he gave this incredibly long speech and he was

unshielded from the elements and they say should have worn a hat you know but not

so fast that is a great story and an old wives tale maybe,

but Harrison's death was probably not due to that long speech

he gave in the lousy weather.

And moreover, this story is really interesting

because it brings up all sorts of questions about the Constitution

of the time and the wrinkles about succession and power and a sliding doors

question of what kind of president would William Henry Harrison have been

had he survived more than 30 days.

So let's talk about all the things that people don't tend to talk about when discussing

the death of William Henry Harrison here as always.

Nicole Hammer of Vanderbilt and Kelly Carter Jackson of Wellesley.

Hello there.

Hello Jody.

Hey there.

I want to emphasize another part of my biography as we're starting here, which I am as you all know a native

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