CINCINNATI (WKRC) - There is a push to remove a statue of William Henry Harrison from Piatt Park downtown.

The massive monument shows the nation's ninth president sitting on horseback.

Cincinnati City Council member Chris Seelbach is sponsoring a motion to remove it because of Harrison's support for slavery.

"So, while I personally think the statue should be removed and put in a museum or wherever, we need to slow down a little bit and get the voices of historians and regular citizens and I hope and expect that their recommendation is to remove it."

Harrison was born in Virginia and moved to Ohio after the War of 1812. He is buried in North Bend.