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Sobriquet for William Henry Harrison
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tippecanoe
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Tippecanoe may refer to several places or things in the United States: The 1811 Battle of Tippecanoe in Indiana A nickname for William Henry Harrison (U.S. President March 1841–April 1841) from his role in the battle Tippecanoe and Tyler too , an 1840 slogan ...
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Population (2000): 148955 Housing Units (2000): 58343 Land area (2000): 499.791573 sq. miles (1294.454176 sq. km) Water area (2000): 3.279342 sq. miles (8.493456 sq. km) Total area (2000): 503.070915 sq. miles (1302.947632 sq. km) Located within: Indiana ...
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Whereas Harrison had been the victor in two of the major battles of the war, Tippecanoe and the Thames.
Despite his victories at Tippecanoe and the Thames, Harrison’s resignation from the army in 1814 as a result of his clash with Secretary of War Armstrong had inevitably removed some of the luster from his reputation.
What was more important was that, second only to Andrew Jackson, he was widely considered the nation’s greatest “Injun fighter” because of his victories over Tecumseh’s alliance at Tippecanoe and the Thames.