Who is Benjamin Harrison?
Benjamin Harrison was a Civil War general, a senator, a grandson of President William Henry Harrison, and our country’s 23rd president. After winning the 1888 presidential election in electoral votes, though not popular vote, over incumbent Grover Cleveland, he was defeated in 1892 by Cleveland, who won both the popular and the electoral vote, for a second term in office. Benjamin Harrison was born in Ohio in 1833, on an farm that abutted the estate of his grandfather. He attended Miami University in Ohio. He became a lawyer, moved to Indiana, and a supporter of the recently formed Republican Party and helping in Abraham Lincoln’s campaign in 1860. After the outbreak of the Civil War, Harrison joined with other Indiana volunteers in enlisting. His rank at the end of the war was brigadier general. After the war, Benjamin Harrison’s interest in politics continued. He supported Rutherford B. Hayes and James A. Garfield for president, launched an unsuccessful bid for governor of Indiana, a
Benjamin Harrison was a Civil War general, a senator, a grandson of President William Henry Harrison, and our country’s 23rd president. After winning the 1888 presidential election in electoral votes, though not popular vote, over incumbent Grover Cleveland, he was defeated in 1892 by Cleveland, who won both the popular and the electoral vote, for a second term in office. Benjamin Harrison was born in Ohio in 1833, on an farm that abutted the estate of his grandfather. He attended Miami University in Ohio. He became a lawyer, moved to Indiana, and a supporter of the recently formed Republican Party and helping in Abraham Lincoln’s campaign in 1860. After the outbreak of the Civil War, Harrison joined with other Indiana volunteers in enlisting. His rank at the end of the war was brigadier general.
