The ninth US president died on this day in 1841 - here's how newspapers reacted
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On this day in 1841, William Henry Harrison became the first US president to die in office.
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Harrison's death shocked the nation. He had been inaugurated just 30 days earlier, making him to this day the shortest-serving president in US history.
Harrison is commonly believed to have died of pneumonia caught while giving his famously long Inaugural Address - although that theory is disputed by some modern historians.
It took several days - for the news of Harrison's death to spread across the country, as evidenced by newspaper archives available on the Library of Congress' website.
Check out how some newspapers reacted below:
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