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The papers of U.S. senator from Indiana and U.S. Army officer Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901), who became the twenty-third president of the United States, consist of 69,600 items (178,479 images), most of which were digitized from 151 reels of previously produced microfilm. Spanning the years 1780 to 1948, with the bulk dating from 1853 to 1901, the collection contains correspondence, speeches ...
Mar 8, 2017 · Benjamin Harrison served as the twenty-third president of the United States. Library of Congress. Benjamin Harrison was the grandson of America's ninth president, William Henry Harrison. He was a Civil War hero, having ended the was as a brigadier general. He dealt with civil service reform and fighting against monopolies and trusts while he ...
Aug 11, 2023 · Benjamin Harrison is one of five U.S. presidents who lost the popular vote but won the presidency (the others were John Quincy Adams (1824), Rutherford B. Hayes (1876), George W. Bush (2000), and Donald J. Trump (2016)). Benjamin Harrison served as the twenty-third President of the United States from March 4, 1889 to March 4, 1893.
Benjamin Harrison — from American Presidents: Life Portraits — C-SPAN Biographical information, trivia, key events, video, and other reference materials. Website created to accompany C-SPAN’s 20th Anniversary Television Series, American Presidents: Life Portraits.
A Republican, Benjamin Harrison campaigned against Grover Cleveland in defense of the protective tariff, as well as sound currency, pensions for Civil War veterans, and efficiency in office. Challenges: Reserved and self-contained, Benjamin Harrison was unsuited to reform the corrupt political arena of the late 19th century.
BENJAMIN HARRISON. Twenty-Third President • 1889-93. Benjamin Harrison. Benjamin Harrison was the great-grandson and namesake of a signer of the Declaration of Independence and the grandson of President William Henry Harrison. Benjamin earned fame as lawyer, soldier, and politician. He won the Presidency from Cleveland only by electoral vote.
Benjamin Harrison was born August 20, 1833, in his grandfather’s beautiful home at North Bend, Ohio. He was the second son of John Scott Harrison and Elizabeth Irwin Harrison. He was named Benjamin after his great-grandfather, who signed the Declaration of Independence as “Benj. Harrison.”
