Benjamin Harrison

Benjamin Harrison and his wife, Caroline Lavinia Scott Harrison, had two children: Russell Benjamin Harrison and Mary Scott Harrison. Russell, born in 1881, was their only son, while Mary, born in 1858, was their daughter. Both children were involved in various aspects of public life during their father's presidency.

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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.

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.

Benjamin Harrison was the grandson of William Harrison

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

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.

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

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

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.

Several states were admitted to the union during Benjamin Harrison's presidency:

Nov. 2, 1889 - North Dakota and South Dakota joined the union as the 39th and 40th states.

Nov. 8, 1889 - Montana became the 41st state.

Nov. 11, 1889 - Washington became the 42nd state.

July 3, 1890 - Idaho became the 43rd state.

July 10, 1890 - Wyoming became the 44th state.

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Benjamin Harrison, 23rd president. term was 1889 to 1893. this was well after the slave/abolition period (1820s/1830s-1861), Civil war (1861-65) and Reconstruction (1865-1877). Why ask?

Anyways, Harrison did next to nothing when it came to slavery since it was no longer an issue during his term.

He tried (unsuccessfully), however, to aid freed slaves' children in education as a senator (of indiana). he believed that doing so would help them become more socially and economically equal with whites.

Harrison is most famous for being the 23rd President of the US (1889-1893)

1833-born on August 20 1853

1852- Graduates with a BA from Oxford (Ohio) College

1853, October 20-marries Caroline Lavinia Scott

1854- admitted to the bar

1862-1865 - served as army officer in Civil War, was a brigadier general at war's end.

1872- loses a bid for nomination as Indiana governor.

1881-1887 serves as US Senator from Indiana

1888-elected president , defeats Grover Cleveland.

1889- takes office as the 23rd President

1892,October 25 - wife Caroline dies

1892, November- loses election to get second term to Grover Cleveland

1893, March 4 - leaves the White House

1894- gives a series of law lectures at Stanford U

1896, April 6- marries Mary Scott Lord Dimmick,a widow

1901, March 13 - died at his home in Indianapolis.

* Young Tippecanoe He was the grandson of "Old Tippecanoe" * Grandfather's Hat From the 1888 election campaign song, "Grandfather's Hat Fits Ben", which suggested that he was a worthy successor to his grandfather, William Henry * The White House Iceberg or The Human Iceberg Although he could warmly engage a crowd with his speeches, he was a very cold fish when you met him one-on-one * Kid Gloves HarrisonHe was prone to skin infection and often wore kid gloves to protect his hands * Little Ben Although, at 5"6, he was only slightly below average height * The Front Porch CampaignerDuring the 1888 election, he gave nearly ninety speeches from his front porch to crowds gathered in the yard of his Indianapolis home. This nickname has been widely but erroneously attributed to William McKinley * The Centennial President He came to the presidency in the U.S.A.'s centennial year

His wife died just as his re-election campaign was winding up,. He was very disappointed not to have another four years in office. He went home to his house in Indianapolis, He resumed his law practice, did some scholarly writing and spent a few weeks at Stanford in California as a lecturer in constitutional law. He married his first wife's niece, Mary Dimmick, to the distress of his children and at age 66 became a new father again. He resisted pressure to run for President again in 1896 but campaigned successfully for McKinley . He died March 13, 1901.

He went to Peru in South America where they were at at the time to warn them about the next oncoming attack. Then he left them there because there weren't enough ships to take them with him. They didn't listen about the attacks because there hadn't been any sight of the enemies for a while so they trudged on past Peru and went even further south. Turns out, President Harrison was right and they were attacked again.

Answer as of 05/2009:

President Benjamin Harrison has never appeared on a circulating U.S. coin, and is only scheduled to be depicted on a Presidential Series dollar coin in the early part of the next decade. These coins are sold by the mint for about $2. They are not rare at this time.

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Benjamin Harrison was married twice. Caroline Harrison, helped fund raise for remodeling the White House and founded the Daughter's of the American Revolution. Mary Dimmick Harrison was the second wife and was 25 years younger than her husband.

He wasn't a good President, but he wasn't a bad one either. He caught pneumonia after giving his inaugural address and died a month later. Being that he was only President for 30 days and was ill the whole time, he is usually excluded from lists ranking good and bad Presidents.

Sports were not very important in Harrison's day. Everybody rode horses and men learned to hunt and fish. People did more walking since there were no cars and the roads were few and mostly not paved. In short, Harrison did not even know about football or basketball and baseball was a kid's game.

Benjamin Harrison was a Brigadier General in the American Civil War.