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Benjamin Harrison was a Brigadier General in the American Civil War.
No. The US was not in any wars while Harrison was President.
He was and avid trustbuster
Benjamin Harrison was the United States' 23rd president. While in office he supported voting rights of African Americans in the South and signed the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890.
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Yes, he lived there for four years while he was President.
There have been two presidents named Harrison. The first, William Henry, was a Whig, while the second, Benjamin (William's grandson), was a Republican.
Benjamin Franklin had been dead for many years. I think you are referring to Benjamin Harrison, who did win the presidential election in 1888. He narrowly lost the popular vote: Grover Cleveland had 5,534,488 while Harrison got 5,443,892. But Harrison won the electoral college, which gave him the presidency.
He was elected in 1840 and took office in 1841. but he died a month after he was elected.
President Benjamin Harrison had three children by his two wives, named Russell Benjamin Harrison, Mary Scott Harrison McKee, and Elizabeth Harrison Walker.President William Henry Harrison and his wife had ten children - six sons and four daughters.
During his presidency, William Henry Harrison did not have the opportunity to give any gifts as he tragically died just one month after his inauguration.