By far the most conspicuous figure from 1800-1812 was William Henry Harrison, the first Territorial Governor, and afterward President of the United States. Several duties and responsibilities that were peculiar to the first years of the future state devolved upon Harrison. During the first grade of government he shared with three judges the task of choosing and compiling a code of laws for the Territory. He was invested with autocratic powers that made him a target for the jealous and suspicious critics; and, though history acquits him of any unfair exercise of those powers, he did not escape his harvest of enemies. One of his great services was a series of treaties, whereby he secured from the Indians land amounting to about one-third of the Territory. His knowledge of Indian character and his capability as a military leader were of incalculable value during the danger period of Indian hostilities, and his victory over the bribes at the battle of Tippecanoe was of vast importance and established a fame that brought him into national prominence. In 1812, his official connection with Indiana ceased, he taking the field as Brigadier General in the second war with England. Harrison County, Indiana is named in his honor.