PRESIDENT BENJAMIN HARRISON
23rd President of the United States
(March 4, 1889 to March 3, 1893Nicknames: "Kid Gloves Harrison"; "Little Ben"
Born: August 20, 1833, in North Bend, Ohio
Died: March 13, 1901, in Indianapolis, IndianaFather: John Scott Harrison
Mother: Elizabeth Ramsey Irwin Harrison
Married: Caroline Lavinia Scott (1832-1892), on October 20, 1853; Mary Scott Lord Dimmick (1858-1948), on April 6, 1896
Children: Russell Benjamin Harrison (1854-1936); Mary Scott Harrison (1858-1930); Elizabeth Harrison (1897-1955)Religion: Presbyterian
Education: Graduated from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio (1852)
Occupation: Lawyer
Political Party: Republican
Other Government Positions:
- United States Senator, 1881-87
Presidential Salary: $50,000/year
- Harrison was the only president whose grandfather had also been president.
- Harrison was nicknamed 'Little Ben' by his Civil War regiment.
- When the first electricity was installed in the White House in 1891, the Harrison family was afraid to touch the switches.
- He was known as the 'Human Iceberg' because he was very formal.
- Although he did not win the popular vote in his election, he won the vote of the electoral college.
- Harrison spent so many evenings courting his wife that he earned the nickname "the pious moonlight dude."
- His wife, Caroline Scott, was very debilitated as a result of tuberculosis. During her illness, both Harrison and Cleveland stopped campaigning.
- He is the only president preceded and succeeded by the same president.
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