| Y/M/D | Description | Place |
|---|---|---|
| 1841/04/04 | On Sunday, President William Harrison dies in The White House. His doctor, Thomas Miller, diagnosed Harrison's cause of death as "pneumonia of the lower lobe of the right lung". | White House Private Quarters, The White House |
| 1841/04/05 | At sunrise, State Department chief clerk Fletcher Webster and Senate assistant doorkeeper Robert Beale, deliver a letter from the cabinet reporting that President Harrison had died of pneumonia the previous day. | |
| 1841/04/05 | After a quick breakfast, Tyler embarks on a hurried journey from his plantation in Williamsburg, Virginia, by horseback and boat that places him back in the nation's capital at 4 am the following day. | |
| 1841/04/06 | John Tyler takes the US Presidential Oath of Office, moves into the White House, and assumes full presidential powers, a precedent that would govern future extraordinary successions and eventually become codified in the Twenty-fifth Amendment. | White House Executive Residence, The White House |
| 1841/04/07 | A simple funeral ceremony is held for William Henry Harrison in the East Room and attended only by invitation. The US Marine Band plays dirges as the coffin is mounted on a great black and white funeral car. | White House East Room, The White House |
| 1841/04/07 | William Henry Harrison's funeral is held in the Wesley Chapel (razed) in Cincinnati, Ohio. | |
| 1841/04/07 | William H Harrison's funeral car makes a procession to Congressional Cemetery where the coffin is placed in a public vault, a temporary receiving chamber until a more appropriate time to send Harrison's remains home to Ohio. | Public Vault, Congressional Cemetery, DC, Congressional Cemetery |
| 1841/06/00 | Archibald Henderson visits Henderson Hall, while accompanying the body of President William Henry Harrison to its final place of rest at North Bend, Ohio. | Henderson Hall Historic District, Williamstown |
| 1841/07/07 | William Henry Harrison's remains are buried in North Bend, Ohio. | William Henry Harrison Tomb State Memorial, North Bend |
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