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Latest comment: 12 days ago by Bruce leverett in topic Semi-protected edit request on 29 July 2026
Former featured articleWilliam Henry Harrison is a former featured article. Please see the links under Article milestones below for its original nomination page (for older articles, check the nomination archive) and why it was removed.
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Semi-protected edit request on 24 December 2025

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Many of the deals that early american leaders made with the Native Americans of North America were illegitimate deals made through gross acts of coercion that in many cases those who made the deals on behalf of the Native Americans neither understood nor had the authority to make such deals. Articles like this should have references to the deal making done by these presidents corrected to ensure that the true nature of the deals is presented consistently throughout the Wiki. You can see an example of how the discussion around early U.S. and American Indian land treaties is treated:

See details on pages such as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_St._Louis_(1804) Alittlebabyreddit (talk) 04:15, 24 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want made. Please detail the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ScalarFactor (talk) 08:55, 24 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

Wrong Birth Year

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the birth year is cited as 1794 in the written portion. This conflicts with the correct birth year in the quick info. ~2026-32844-7 (talk) 01:01, 16 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

I don't know what "quick info" you're talking about, but the prose and infobox both make clear WHH was born in 1773, and the only instance 1794 even gets mentioned is when discussing how he took part in the Battle of Fallen Timbers. You clearly misread the article here. SNUGGUMS (talk / edits) 01:11, 16 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

Misreading the birthdate is easy to do. “Harrison was born in Charles City County, Virginia. In 1794, he participated in the Battle of Fallen Timbers, an American military victory that ended the Northwest Indian War.” I initially read it as “ Harrison was born in Charles City County, Virginia in 1794. He participated in….” I had to reread that.  Preceding unsigned comment added by ~2026-83989-7 (talk) 08:48, 7 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

There weren't four Whig regional candidates in 1836

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According to Richard McCormick there simply weren't four Whig Regional candidates in 1836, Hugh White specifically is noted to deny the label. I just think we should remove that language.

McCormick, Richard P. “Was There a ‘Whig Strategy’ in 1836?” Journal of the Early Republic 4, no. 1 (1984): 47–70. https://doi.org/10.2307/3122854. BrandonSCort (talk) 03:56, 7 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

 Done I tweaked it to simply say there were four Whig candidates. SNUGGUMS (talk / edits) 12:03, 7 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

Semi-protected edit request on 29 July 2026

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In the first section it says that BHH was grandfather of Benjamin Harrison who was the 23rd President of the USA in 1794..? This is not a possible timeline and chronologically false Please change the date to reflect accuracy. ~2026-41855-58 (talk) 03:30, 29 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

 Not done The words "in 1794" are in the next sentence, and do not apply to the clause "became the 23rd president of the United States". Bruce leverett (talk) 05:05, 29 July 2026 (UTC)Reply