Acting President of the United States On April 4, 1841, only one month after his inauguration, President William Henry Harrison died. He was the first U.S. president to die in office. Afterward, a constitutional crisis ensued over the Constitution's ambiguous presidential succession provision (). Shortly after Harrison's death, his Cabinet met and decided that Vice President John Tyler would assume the responsibilities of presidency under the title "Vice-President acting President". Instead of accepting the Cabinet's proposed title, however, Tyler asserted that the Constitution gave him full and unqualified powers of the office and had himself sworn in immediately as President, setting a critical precedent for an
William Hodson (cricketer, born 1841) made a single first-class appearance for the Gentlemen of the South against the Players of Surrey in 1863. He died at Preston Park, Sussex on 15 May 1896. William Hodson (cricketer, born 1841) William Hodson (24 January 1841 – 15 May 1896) was an English cricketer. Hodson's batting and bowling styles are unknown. He was born at Cocking, Sussex. Hodson made his first-class debut for Sussex against Kent in 1860. He made thirteen further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1863. In his fourteen first-class matches for Sussex, he scored