NAME: Benjamin Harrison
BORN: August 20, 1833
COMMUNITY AFFILIATIONS:
born...North Bend, Ohio (Hamilton County); moved to Indiana in 1854
PARENTS: John Scott Harrison (farmer, congressman) and Elizabeth Ramsey Irwin Harrison
EDUCATION: Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
OCCUPATION:
lawyer
soldier, Civil War, attained rank of breveted brigadier general
U.S. Senate, Indiana, 1881 - 1887
President of the United States, March 4, 1889 - March 3, 1893 (one term)
DIED: March 13, 1901, Indianapolis, IN
BURIED: Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN |
FAST FACTS:
Harrison was the grandson of William Henry Harrison.
WHILE HE WAS PRESIDENT:
Order: 23rd President
Represented: Indiana
Party: Republican
Vice President: Levi Parsons Morton
Some Key Events:
Oklahoma was opened to settlement, April 22, 1889
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