2. YOU SHOULD'VE WORN AN OVERCOAT, WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON.
from ROCK THE WHIGS! (AND JAMES K. POLK) by: THE ACADEMIC CHALLENGE TEAM
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON
9th PRESIDENT OF THE UNITES STATES
(4 MARCH 1841 - 4 APRIL 1841)
POLITICAL PARTY: WHIG!
NICKNAME: "OLD TIPPECANOE"

I STAND OUTSIDE IN THE RAIN
AND TALK FOR TWO HOURS STRAIGHT
ABOUT ALL I WILL HAVE DONE
IN THESE FOUR YEARS TO COME...

AND, OH, THEY'LL ADMIRE ME
FOR ALL I DID FOR MY COUNTRY.
MY ADMINISTRATION
WILL NE'ER SOON BE FORGOTTEN.

NOW THE RAIN HAS TURNED TO SNOW.
STILL, I WON'T WEAR AN OVERCOAT.
I MUST PROVE I WAS THE ONE
WHO DEFEATED TECUMSEH...


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NEXT: WHAT DO YOU DO, JOHN TYLER?
/ A PRESIDENT WITHOUT A PARTY
DELIVERED THE LONGEST INAUGURAL ADDRESS IN PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY AT 105 MINUTES IN EXTREME COLD AND RAIN WITHOUT AN OVERCOAT, THUS CONTRACTING PNEUMONIA AND DYING ONE MONTH LATER IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
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