William Henry Harrison is a famous president, he was the 9th president of the U.S.A. (United States of America) war hero, and politician. He had the shortest term as a president.

He was born on February 9, 1773, in Charlestown, Virginia, to his father and mother, Ben Harrison and Elizabeth Harrison. He was the youngest of seven children, four girls and three boys. He was privately tutored and got knowledge in grammar to meet Hampden-Sydney standards. He enrolled in Hampden-Sydney College in 1787. Harrison left after studying medicine in Richmond, Virginia and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the years of 1790 and 1791. When his father, Ben Harrison, died, he joined the army. He remained in the army until May 31, 1798, rising to the rank of captain. He had the shortest term as president. Harrison was nominated to be elected in 1836. Harrison died of pneumonia on April 4, 1841, in Washington D. C.

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Putting the rain gauge together

• 1. We bring in the rain gauge to see how much rain we got over 24 hours.
• 2. After that we post it on the website.
• 3. Then we take the rain gauge back outside, but before we take it out we have to dry the gauge out so that we don't think the next morning that we got more rain then we really did.