Jane Irwin Harrison as official hostess during President Harrison's brief tenure in office, which lasted for 31 days in 1841. Her sister, Elizabeth Ramsey Irwin (1810–1850), married John Scott Harrison in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1831—another son of William Henry Harrison—and was mother of US President Benjamin Harrison. Jane Irwin Harrison died May 11, 1846 at age 41. Jane Irwin Harrison Jane Irwin Harrison (July 23, 1804 in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania – May 11, 1846), wife of William Henry Harrison, Jr., who died in 1838, and daughter-in-law of William Henry Harrison, ninth President of the United States, and mother of Ashton Irwin, Harry Irwin, and
Oath of office of the Vice President of the United States office of President of the Senate. Up until the middle of the 20th Century, the Vice President-Elect nearly always would be sworn in by the highest-ranking officer of the US Senate which was the outgoing vice president or the President Pro Tempore of the United States Senate. Sometimes, although not always, a short address would be given by the new vice president to the Senate. The oath of office has been administered most by the President Pro Tempore of the United States Senate (last in 1925) for a total of 20 times. Others to give the oath of office include