General [William Henry] Harrison was defeated for president of the United States by Van Buren.

The evidence

• “He defeated the British General Proctor at the battle of the Thames on October 5, 1813, and resigned his commission May 31, 1814. He was defeated for president of the United States in 1836 by Van Buren, but was elected president in 1840, was inaugurated March 4, 1841, and died April 4 of the same year.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/05-historic-evolution.md, Vol. 1, PDF p. 116 / book p. 103

  Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources