HARRISON, President Benjamin^[1]

1833 - 1901  (67 years)   Has 18 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

• Name	HARRISON, Benjamin
  Title	President
  Birth	20 Aug 1833	North Bend, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Burial	Mar 1901	Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA   [1]
  Death	13 Mar 1901	Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA   [1]
  	23rd United States President, Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General, US Senator. Born in North Bend, Ohio , he was the grandson of President William Henry Harrison, and great-grandson of Benjamin Harrison, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. He attended Cary's Academy (Farmer's College) near Cincinnati, Ohio and in 1850, he enrolled in Miami of Ohio University as a junior and was graduated in 1852 with honors. He moved to Indianapolis, Indiana, in order to begin a legal practice, and was elected Indianapolis City Attorney in 1857. He became the Supreme Court Reporter in 1860. During the Civil War, at the request of the Governor, he raised the 70th Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and was commissioned its colonel and commander on August 7, 1862. He led the unit through the end of the war, and was honorably mustered out on June 8, 1865. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on January 23, 1865 for "ability and manifest energy and gallantry in command of a brigade". He then resumed his law practice in Ohio, and in 1881, was elected as a Republican to represent Indiana in the United States Senate, serving until 1887. At the 1888 Republican Convention, he was nominated as a candidate for President on the eighth ballot. While he lost the popular vote by a narrow margin, he won the electoral vote, defeating incumbent president Grover Cleveland, taking the presidency. As President, he sponsored the first Pan-American Congress, supported the McKinley Tariff Act, and the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. He appointed four justices to the United States Supreme Court, established Coast Guard Academy, expanded the United States Navy from three steel war ships to twenty-two ships, had electricity installed in the White House, and admitted six states to the Union. His wife Caroline died in 1892, making her the second First Lady to die while in office.. He was re-nominated in 1892, but he was defeated by Grover Cleveland. Upon leaving the office, he returned to his law practice in Indianapolis. In the winter of 1901, he developed influenza which progressed to pneumonia, to which he succumbed within a month. He is to date, the only United States President who was the grandson of a former United States President. Bio by: Iola [2]
  Age	67 years
  Person ID	P2953	Dutton Ancestry
  Last Modified	5 Jul 2023

  
  

  Father	HARRISON, John Scott           b. 4 Oct 1804, Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana, USA           d. 25 May 1878, North Bend, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA (Age 73 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	IRWIN, Elizabeth Ramsey           b. 18 Jul 1810, Mercersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, USA           d. 15 Aug 1850, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA (Age 40 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	12 Aug 1831	Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA   [1]
  Age at Marriage	He : 26 years and 10 months old - She : 21 years and 1 month old.
  Children	1. HARRISON, President Benjamin           b. 20 Aug 1833, North Bend, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA           d. 13 Mar 1901, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA  (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F5900	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	SCOTT, Caroline Lavinia           b. 1 Oct 1832, Oxford, Butler County, Ohio, USA           d. 25 Oct 1892, Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA (Age 60 years)  [1]
  Marriage	20 Oct 1853	Oxford, Butler County, Ohio, USA   [1]
  Age at Marriage	He : 20 years and 2 months old - She : 21 years old.
  Family ID	F5901	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Jul 2023

  
  

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  		Birth - 20 Aug 1833 - North Bend, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA Marriage - 20 Oct 1853 - Oxford, Butler County, Ohio, USA Burial - Mar 1901 - Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA Death - 13 Mar 1901 - Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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  My 8th Cousin 3 Times Removed [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S141] Familysearch.org. [S50] Findagrave.com.