Documents in Year 1841                     

Links of Interest:

• Martin Van Buren, Eighth U.S. President

(1837-1841)

• William Henry Harrison, Ninth U.S. President

(1841)
Before he had been in office a month, he caught a cold that developed into pneumonia.
On April 4, 1841, he died -- the first President to die in office,

• John Tyler, Tenth U.S. President

(1841-1845)

• The first wagon train leaves Independence, MO, bound for California on May 1, 1841.