Benjamin Harrison was the grandson of former president William Henry Harrison. Benjamin Harrison was the 23rd president of the United States.
23rd U.S. President Benjamin Harrison was the grandson of 9th President William Henry Harrison.
Well there was William. William Henry Harrison the 9 th President. Also there was Benjamin. Benjamin Harrison.
Probably not. William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison were American presidents. George Harrison was a British musician who was born after the former two.
No. John Quincy was the SON of John Adams, not the grandson. The only grandson of a former President to later take office was Benjamin Harrison.
The 23rd president was the grandson of a former president, William Henry Harrison. He also was the first president to lose an election to a candidate he had previously defeated for the Oval Office. Harrison defeated incumbent president Grover Cleveland in 1888, but lost a re-election bid to Cleveland in 1892.
It is named after Benjamin Harrison, a former deputy governor for the Hudson's Bay Company.
Benjamin Harrison ( born (August 20, 1833 - died March 13, 1901) was the 23rd President of the US (1889-1893). He was a Republican who succeeded and was preceded by the same man, Democrat Grover Cleveland.Only president who lived in Indiana as an adult, although that was born in Northbend, Ohio .Grandson of President William Harrison, whose father was also named Benjamin Harrison and signed the Declaration of Independence.US Senator for one term : 1881-1887Lived at 1230 N Delaware St, Indianapolis, IN 46202. His house is now a museum, open to the public.Buried at Crown Point Cemetery in IndianapolisAdmitted to the bar in 1854Graduated from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio in 1852.a president
Benjamin Harrison won the 1888 presidential election defeating Grover Cleveland. In the 1888 presidential election Benjamin Harrison received 233 electoral votes and Grover Cleveland received 168 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Cleveland 5,534,488 and Harrison 5,443,892.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt by blood or marriage, was related to 11 other former presidents: John Adams, James Madison, John Quincy Adams, Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Andrew Johnson, Ulysses S. Grant, Benjamin Harrison, William Howard Taft and, of course, Theodore Roosevelt, FDR's fifth cousin.
In 1800, President John Adams lost to Thomas Jefferson. In 1828, President John Quincy Adams lost to Andrew Jackson. In 1840, President Martin Van Buren lost to William Henry Harrison. In 1888, President Grover Cleveland lost to Benjamin Harrison. In 1892, President Benjamin Harrison lost to former President Grover Cleveland. In 1912, President William Howard Taft lost to Woodrow Wilson. In 1932, President Herbert Hoover lost to Franklin D. Roosevelt. In 1976, President Gerald Ford lost to Jimmy Carter. In 1980, President Jimmy Carter lost to Ronald Reagan. In 1992, President George H. W. Bush lost to Bill Clinton.