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Benjamin Harrison

The Twenty-Third President • 1889-1893

Benjamin Harrison

“Presidential Grandson”


Biographical Facts

Birth: North Bend, Ohio, August 20, 1833

Ancestry: English-Scotch

Father: John Scott Harrison
Birth: Vincennes, Indiana, October 4, 1804
Death: North Bend, Ohio, May 25, 1878
Occupations: Farmer; United States Congressman

Mother: Elizabeth Irwin Harrison
Birth: Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, July 18, 1810
Death: August 15, 1850

Brothers: Archibald Irwin Harrison (1832-1870); Carter Bassett Harrison (1840-1905); John Scott Harrison, Jr. (1844-1926); James Friedlay Harrison (1847-1848); James Irwin Harrison (1849-1850)

Sisters: Mary Jane Irwin Harrison (1835-1867); Anna Symmes Harrison (1842-1826)

Half Brother: William Henry Harrison (1827-1929)

Half Sisters: Elizabeth Short Harrison (1825-1904); Sarah Lucretia Harrison (1829-unknown)

Marriage (first): Oxford, Ohio, October 20, 1853
Wife: Caroline Lavinia Scott Harrison
Birth: Oxford, Ohio, October 1, 1832
Death: Washington, D.C., October 25, 1892
Children: Russell Benjamin Harrison (1854-1936); Mary Scott Harrison (1858-1930)

Marriage (second): New York, New York, April 6, 1896
Wife: Mary Scott Lord Dimmick Harrison
Birth: Honesdale, Pennsylvania, April 30, 1858
Death: New York, New York, January 5, 1948
Child: Elizabeth Harrison (1897-1955)

Religious Affiliation: Presbyterian

Education: Private Tutoring; attended Farmers' College; Miami University (B.A., 1852)

Occupations Before Presidency: Lawyer; Notary Public; Soldier

Military Service: Colonel in 70th Indiana Volunteers (1862); Resigned as bvt. Brigade General in 1865

Prepresidential Offices: Commissioner for the Court of Claims; City Attorney; Secretary of Indiana Republican Central Committee; State Supreme Court Reporter; United States Senator

Inauguration Age: 55

Occupation After Presidency: Lawyer

Death: Indianapolis, Indiana, March 13, 1901

Place of Burial: Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana



 
First Administration

Inauguration: March 4, 1889; The Capitol, Washington, D.C.

Vice President: Levi P. Morton

Secretary of State: James G. Blaine; John W. Foster (from June 29, 1892)

Secretary of the Treasury: William Windom; Charles Foster (from February 24, 1891)

Secretary of War: Redfield Proctor

Attorney General: William H. H. Miller

Postmaster General: John Wanamaker

Secretary of the Navy: Benjamin F. Tracy

Secretary of the Interior: John W. Noble

Secretary of Agriculture: Jeremiah M. Rusk

Supreme Court Appointments: David J. Brewer (1889); Henry B. Brown (1890); George Shiras, Jr. (1892); Howell E. Jackson (1893)

Congress #51 (December 2, 1889-March 3, 1891):
Senate: 47 Republicans; 37 Democrats
House: 173 Republicans; 156 Democrats; 1 Others

Congress #52 (December 7, 1891-March 3, 1893):
Senate: 47 Republicans; 39 Democrats; 2 Others
House: 231 Democrats; 88 Republicans; 14 Others

States Admitted: North Dakota (1889); South Dakota (1889); Montana (1889); Washington (1889); Idaho (1890); Wyoming (1890)


Election of 1888
CandidatesElectoral Vote Popular Vote
Benjamin Harrison
(Republican)
233 5,443,892
Grover Cleveland
(Democratic)
168 5,534,488
Clinton B. Fisk
(Prohibition)
none 249,819
Alson J. Street
(Union Labor)
none 146,602



 
 

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