Presidential Spotlight: Benjamin Harrison
Term: 23rd President of the United States (1889–1893)
Born: August 20, 1833, North Bend, Ohio
Nickname: “Kid Gloves Harrison,” “Little Ben”
Education: Miami University (Ohio), graduated 1852
Religion: Presbyterian
Marriage: October 20, 1853, to Caroline Lavinia Scott (1832–1892) April 6, 1896, to Mary Scott Lord Dimmick (1858–1948)
Children: Russell Benjamin (1854–1936), Mary Scott (1858–1930), Elizabeth (1897–1955)
Career: Lawyer
Political Party: Republican
Died: March 13, 1901, Indianapolis, Indiana
Benjamin Harrison biographical information from University of Virginia Miller Center
Berkeley Plantation: Harrison family plantation from Today in History
Benjamin Harrison inauguration primary source set
Benjamin Harrison presidential proclamations
Benjamin Harrison political cartoons
- “After the Battle [President Harrison’s Victory]” The Wasp v. 21: July – Dec. 1888
- “A Gallant Entrance [President Harrison vs. the Foreign Embassy]” The Wasp v. 22: Jan. – June 1889
Sheet music
- Harrison’s Victory March 1888
- General Harrison’s Inaugural Quickstep 1889
- When Harrison Heard the Bugle’s Call 1892
Benjamin Harrison to Abraham Lincoln January 02, 1861
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Books & other texts about Benjamin Harrison
A Plea for the Renomination of General Benjamin Harrison by Frederick Douglass
Speeches on behalf of Benjamin Harrison for President by Frederick Douglass
Periodical articles
- “General Harrison’s Letter of Acceptance” The North American Review Volume 147, Issue 383, October 1888
- “Military Instruction in Schools and Colleges” by Benjamin Harrison The Century; a popular quarterly Volume 47, Issue 3, Jan 1894
- “A Saying of Ex-President Harrison’s” The Century; a popular quarterly Volume 56, Issue 6, Oct 1898
Select newspaper articles about Benjamin Harrison
- “The Nominee. Benjamin Harrison Chosen on the Eighth Ballot” Lancaster Daily Intelligencer, June 25, 1888.
- “A Glorious Victory” Omaha Daily Bee, November 8, 1888.
- “President Harrison Delivers His Inaugural in the Drizzle” The Evening World, March 4, 1889
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