Zebulon Pike
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Zebulon Montgomery Pike was an American brigadier general and explorer for whom Pikes Peak in Colorado is named. As a U.S. Army officer he led two expeditions through the Louisiana Purchase territory,
Portrait by Charles Willson Peale, 1808
Pikes Peak, central Colorado
William Henry Harrison
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William Henry Harrison was the ninth president of the United States from March to April 1841. He died 31 days into his term, making him the shortest serving president and the first president to die in
Zebulon Pike
…same year. Pike married his cousin Clarissa Harlow Brown in 1801. They had one child who survived to adulthood, Clarissa Brown Pike, who later married President William Henry Harrison's son, John Cleves Symmes Harrison. They had four other children who died before reaching adulthood. He was the great-granduncle of Medal of Honor…
Portrait, c. 1840
An engraved portrait print of Harrison at age 27, as a delegate member of the U.S. House of Representatives from the Northwest Territory, by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, c. 1800
1915 depiction of Tecumseh, believed to be copying an 1808 sketch
This portrait of Harrison originally showed him in civilian clothes as a congressional delegate in 1800; the uniform was added after service in the War of 1812.