Benjamin Harrison

President of the United States, 1889-1893 (1833-1901) · United States · Politicians · Died at 67

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The only president sandwiched by the same opponent: Benjamin Harrison beat Grover Cleveland in 1888 despite losing the popular vote, then lost the rematch four years later - making Cleveland the sole president to serve non-consecutive terms.

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1901Died13 March 19011891“I cannot always sympathize with that demand which we hear so frequently for cheap things. Things may be too cheap.”In their words28 August 1891Speech in Rutland, Vermont (28 August 1891) as reported in The New York Times (29 August 1891), p. 5Read the whole statement

1889“It has been the hope of every patriot that a sense of justice and of respect for the law would work a gradual cure of these flagrant evils.”In their words3 December 1889Benjamin Harrison's First State of the Union Address (3 December 1889)Read the whole statement

“When and under what conditions is the black man to have a free ballot? When is he in fact to have those full civil rights which have so long been his in law?”In their words3 December 1889Benjamin Harrison's First State of the Union Address (3 December 1889)Read the whole statement

“The virtues of courage and patriotism have given recent proof of their continued presence and increasing power in the hearts and over the lives of our people.”In their words4 March 1889Washington, D.C. (4 March 1889) - Full text online at WikisourceRead the whole statement

“Shall the prejudices and paralysis of slavery continue to hang upon the skirts of progress?”In their words4 March 1889Washington, D.C. (4 March 1889) - Full text online at WikisourceRead the whole statement

President of the United StatesOffice1889-18931888“We Americans have no commission from God to police the world.”In their wordsStatement of 1888, as quoted in Treasury of Presidential Quotations (1964) by Caroline T. HamsbergerRead the whole statement

President-elect of the United StatesOffice1888-18891881United States senatorOffice1881-18871833Born20 August 1833

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Benjamin Harrison, head and shoulders bw photo, 1896

2015-06-02 1758 Special committee on creed division with photo of Benjamin Harrison and Judge Edward William Cornelius Humphrey

A history of the United States for Catholic schools (1914) (14595524908)

Americana 1921 Harrison Benjamin

Battle of Resaca - DPLA - 9344b60825e3cc26fd88384c0250cfe1 (page 5)

Benjamin and Caroline Harrison letter to Mary Lord Dimmick, April 30, 1892 - DPLA - 3f6e1a0e1d2ca37389d745ffd812e535 (page 2)

Benjamin Harrison "My Country Above Party " Portrait Ribbon (4360129670)

Benjamin Harrison "Our President" Ribbon, 1892 (4359311193)

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I cannot always sympathize with that demand which we hear so frequently for cheap things. Things may be too cheap.
Aug 28, 1891, Speech in Rutland, Vermont (28 August 1891) as reported in The New York Times (29 August 1891), p. 5, Own words
It has been the hope of every patriot that a sense of justice and of respect for the law would work a gradual cure of these flagrant evils.
Dec 3, 1889, Benjamin Harrison's First State of the Union Address (3 December 1889), Own words
When and under what conditions is the black man to have a free ballot? When is he in fact to have those full civil rights which have so long been his in law?
Dec 3, 1889, Benjamin Harrison's First State of the Union Address (3 December 1889), Own words

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Born in 1833 on an Ohio River farm, Harrison carried a loaded surname: grandson of a president, great-grandson of a Founding Father. He moved to Indianapolis, built a law practice, and led a Presbyterian congregation before the Civil War pulled him into uniform as a Union colonel. The Senate came in 1881, the presidency in 1888 on an Electoral College win that defied the popular tally. His four years delivered the McKinley Tariff, the Sherman Antitrust Act, six new western states, and the first billion-dollar federal budget - spending that helped sink his party in the 1890 midterms. Cleveland reclaimed the White House in 1892, and Harrison returned to Indianapolis. He took one last case in 1899, arguing Venezuela's border claim in Paris, then came home. Influenza killed him in 1901.

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