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Benjamin Harrison

Benjamin Harrison was the 23rd President of the United States and served from March 4, 1889 to March 4, 1893.

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What schools did Harrison go to?

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Dovedale Primary school and The Liverpool Institute for Boys.

What number president was Harrison?

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Two, William Henry Harrison (1841) and Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893).

Did Grover Cleveland or Benjamin Harrison win the presidency?

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Benjamin Harrison won the 1888 presidential election defeating incumbent President 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.

What did Benjamin Harrison's parents do for a living?

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His father was a planter and his mother helped run the estate and manage the house work.

What was Benjamin Harrison's occupation before becoming president?

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He served in the army from 1791-1798 and was called back from 1812-1814 to serve as a general in the War of 1812. He was territorial governor of Indiana from 1800 to 1812. The he served a term in Congress, a term as state senator from Ohio, as a senator from Ohio and ambassador to Columbia. He also had a large farm in Ohio.

Why did Benjamin Harrison win in 1888?

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Benjamin Harrison won the 1888 presidential election defeating incumbent President 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.

Grover Cleveland won the 1892 presidential election defeating incumbent President Benjamin Harrison. In the 1892 presidential election Grover Cleveland received 277 electoral votes and Benjamin Harrison received 145 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Cleveland 5,551,883 and Harrison 5,179,244. People's Party candidate James Weaver received 1,027,329 popular votes for President, but no electoral votes.

What bad things did Benjamin Harrison do?

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Perhaps from Benjamin Harrison's point of view his major failure was in failing to be re-elected as President for a second term and while he managed to defeat incumbent President Grover Cleveland, he then lost the Presidency to Grover Cleveland in the next election. It was most likely the controversy over silver and gold that cost Harrison the Presidency. From the beginning of the Constitutional Republic the U.S. dollar had been coined in silver and the price of gold fixed to that. The problem that arose by the time Harrison was elected is that the people in the United States tended to pay their taxes with silver coins, but the federal governments creditors demanded payment in gold. This began to take its toll on the nations gold supply and the debate of whether to drop gold all together and simply use coin or the keep the system as it had been begun. Harrison did his best to stay in the middle of the road on this debate by advocating free coining of silver, but at its own value and not fixed to gold. This equivocation only served to upset parties on both sides of the debate and by July of 1890 the Sherman Silver Purchase Act was passed by both houses of Congress and Harrison believing this would make everyone happy signed the Bill into law. The Act, however, only managed to deplete the gold supply even further and is most probably what cost Harrison a second term and instead gave Cleveland his second term..

Thats bull CRAP!!! The real answer is that the rebublican party was not pleased with harrison because he made his political opinions based upon ability, not as favors to the political machine! theres the right answer-Hope you get an A on your Work

Where Benjamin Harrison went to school?

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He graduated from the University of Miami (Ohio). I expect that he got an AB, probably the only degree offered.

What do you think harrisons rebellion reveals about his character and his values?

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He doesn't want to be average or equal with anyone.

How did Benjamin Harrison get his nicknames kid gloves Harrison little ben?

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little ben because he was only 5'6" tall!! New answer: While President Harrison was indeed 5' 6" it has nothing to do with his nickname of "Kid Gloves Harrison" During the Civil War he received documented treatment (see the Pres. Benjamin Harrison Home or the National Archives) for his hands. It's not clear what exactly was wrong, it's presumed it was some sort of severe excema exacerbated by stress and an unrelated illness. Whatever it was, thereafter Harrison felt more comfortable in public wearing gloves made of Kid (young goat) skin, or kid gloves. It may have been a derogatory term for ineffectiveness by his opponents (see many political cartoons of the time), but it certainly began a good natured and well meaning observational nickname for a Hoosier politician who shook many hands and gave many speeches wearing kid gloves.

How many votes did president Benjamin Harrison beat Grover Cleveland in 1888?

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Benjamin Harrison won the 1888 presidential election defeating incumbent President 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.

Grover Cleveland won the 1892 presidential election defeating incumbent President Benjamin Harrison. In the 1892 presidential election Grover Cleveland received 277 electoral votes and Benjamin Harrison received 145 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Cleveland 5,551,883 and Harrison 5,179,244. People's Party candidate James Weaver received 1,027,329 popular votes for President, but no electoral votes.

Were Benjamin Harrison and William H Harrison related?

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Benjamin Harrison was the grandson of William Harrison

What middle school did Benjamin Harrison go to?

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Benjamin Harrison's early education took place in a one roomed school house. He later attended Farmers' College in Cincinnati, Ohio and Miami University.

Who was the winner In the election of 1888 where Grover Cleveland received more popular votes than Benjamin Harrison but Harrison received the majority of the electoral votes?

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Benjamin Harrison won the 1888 presidential election defeating incumbent President 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.

When was Benjamin Harrison IV born?

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Benjamin Harrison was born in North Bend, Ohio on August 20, 1833.

Where did Benjamin Harrison stand on the tariff issue?

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Harrison favored a strong protective tariff. Cleveland wanted to reduce the tariff somewhat.

Why did Benjamin Harrison want to be the president?

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  1. The incumbent, Cleveland, proposed a reduction in protective tariffs. Harrison promised stiff protedive tariffs.
  2. Democrat party in New York opposed Cleveland's moves to restrict political patronage and did not help Cleveland in New York which went to Harrison and gave him the election.