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Benjamin Harrison (August 20, 1833 – March 13, 1901) was the 23rd president of the United States, serving from 1889 to 1893. He was a member of the Harrison family of Virginia—a grandson of the ninth president, William Henry Harrison, and a great-grandson of Benjamin Harrison V, a Founding Father.
Aug 16, 2024 · Benjamin Harrison (born August 20, 1833, North Bend, Ohio, U.S.—died March 13, 1901, Indianapolis, Indiana) was the 23rd president of the United States (1889–93), a moderate Republican who won an electoral majority while losing the popular vote by more than 100,000 to Democrat Grover Cleveland.
Oct 29, 2009 · Benjamin Harrison was the last Civil War general to serve as president of the United States. He stood five feet six inches tall, and was called "Little Ben" by his...
Benjamin Harrison was the 23rd President of the United States from 1889 to 1893, elected after conducting one of the first “front-porch” campaigns by delivering short speeches to...
Apr 2, 2014 · Benjamin Harrison is best known as the 23rd president of the United States. He was the grandson of President William Henry Harrison.
4 days ago · Photo of Benjamin Harrison. Source: Library of Congress. This article is a part of our series From Lighthouses to Electric Chargers: A Presidential Series on Transportation Innovations In 1888, a former U.S. senator from Indiana, Benjamin Harrison, defeated the incumbent president, Grover Cleveland, the same man he would lose to four years later.
Nominated for president at the 1888 Republican Convention, Benjamin Harrison conducted one of the first "front porch" campaigns, delivering short speeches to delegations that visited him. The key issue of the election was the tariff, which Harrison pledged to raise if elected.