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Benjamin Harrison (August 20, 1833 – March 13, 1901) was the 23rd president of the United States, serving from 1889 to 1893.He was a member of the Harrison family of Virginia—a grandson of the ninth president, William Henry Harrison, and a great-grandson of Benjamin Harrison V, a Founding Father.
Blaine did not publicly endorse any of the candidates as a successor; however, on March 1, 1888, he privately wrote that "the one man remaining who in my judgment can make the best one is Benjamin Harrison." [2] Harrison represented Indiana in the United States Senate from 1881 to 1887, but lost his 1886 bid for re-election. [3]
The Fort Benjamin Harrison Reception Center (for inducting draftees) opened in 1941 and by 1943 was the largest reception center in the United States. [ 4 ] Within Fort Harrison was Camp Glenn , named in honor of Major General Edwin Forbes Glenn , who had served as Fort Harrison's commandant from 1912 to 1913, [ 5 ] and who had commanded the ...
In May, the Harrison Presidential Site in Indiana revealed $6.8 million in upgrades including renovations on the home of President Benjamin Harrison.
Since 1776 only [two Presidents,] James Madison and Benjamin Harrison[,] have been below-average height. The easiest way to predict the winner in a United States election is to bet on the taller man: in this century you would have had an unbroken string of hits until 1972 when Richard Nixon beat George McGovern." [51]
The inauguration of Benjamin Harrison as the 23rd president of the United States took place on Monday, March 4, 1889, at the East Portico of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. This was the 26th inauguration and marked the commencement of the only four-year term of Benjamin Harrison as president and Levi P. Morton as vice president.
Benjamin has two children of his own, Waylon and Ethan, with estranged wife Emily, who filed for divorce in November 2023, according to People. Willard Ford (b. May 14, 1969)
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