Search
Filter by format - (number of results)
Presidential Biographies
… A list of notable moments in Benjamin Harrison’s presidency. … Benjamin Harrison - Key Events …
A list of notable moments in Benjamin Harrison’s presidency.
Presidential Biographies
… First Lady Caroline Harrison Vice President Levi P. Morton Secretary of State … Jeremiah M. Rusk (1889–1893) Secretary of the Navy Benjamin F. Tracy (1889–1893) Secretary of War Redfield … Benjamin Harrison - Administration …
Presidential Biographies
… the candidacy of Senator James G. Blaine of Maine in 1884, Benjamin Harrison carefully walked the middle ground. Refusing to put … of Ohio, the first choice, faltered in the balloting, Harrison's support surged ahead, winning him the nomination … Benjamin Harrison: Campaigns and Elections …
Presidential Biographies
… Benjamin Harrison, the last Civil War general to serve as President, … years following his presidency as an "elder statesman." Harrison delivered a series of lectures on constitutional law … The poet James Whitcomb Riley, in his funeral eulogy for Harrison, depicted the dead President as a man both fearless …
Presidential Biographies
… Although stiff and formal with acquaintances, Benjamin Harrison opened up with his family. During his one term as … had moved into the White House with their parents—Russell Benjamin Harrison, age thirty-six in 1890, and Mary Scott … Benjamin Harrison: Family Life …
Presidential Biographies
… since Lincoln pursued a more active foreign agenda than Benjamin Harrison. Historians have long debated the extent of Harrison's foreign policy role in comparison to the influence … Benjamin Harrison: Foreign Affairs …
Presidential Biographies
… Benjamin Harrison was born in 1833 in North Bend, Ohio, to a prominent … grandson of the nation's ninth President, William Henry Harrison. Raised on a farm adjacent to his grandfather's vast … he felt as though he had been freed from prison. In 1896, Benjamin Harrison married his deceased wife's niece, Mary …
Presidential Biographies
… Coffee-table history books depict Benjamin Harrison as a lightweight puppet of political party bosses. … eventful, such as a major war, during his administration, Harrison, along with every other President from the … Benjamin Harrison: Impact and Legacy …
Presidential Biographies
… Although Harrison never managed to put his stamp on the office and … a domestic legislative agenda. No rubber stamp, however, Harrison picked legislation that he could support and … Most importantly, Ohio's William McKinley submitted, with Harrison's support, the highest protective tariff in the …
Presidential Biographies
… At noon on April 22, 1889, just a few weeks after Harrison’s inauguration, a gunshot signaled the opening of … in the Dakotas two months earlier. On October 15, 1892, Harrison made an additional 1.8 million acres of the Crow … Benjamin Harrison: The American Franchise …
Presidential Biographies
… Benjamin Harrison came to the presidency with little … Born into a family with a legacy of political involvement, Benjamin Harrison believed that he was destined for important … Benjamin Harrison: Life Before the Presidency …
Presidential Biographies
… Tragedy haunted William Henry Harrison's family. Of the ten children born to William and … Whig Congressman John Scott Harrison, was the father of Benjamin Harrison, who would become America's twenty-third … William Harrison: Family Life …
Presidential Biographies
… Caroline Lavinia Harrison was not pleased with her new living quarters. … publicity she and her family garnered in the press. When Benjamin Harrison was elected President in 1888, Caroline was … Caroline Harrison …
Presidential Biographies
… William Henry Harrison served the shortest time of any American … the Battle of Tippecanoe in the Ohio River Valley in 1811. Harrison, the youngest of seven children, was born on … the first President to die in office. Harrison's grandson, Benjamin Harrison, would become President of the United …
Presidential Biographies
… More than once, William Henry Harrison referred to himself as a "Child of the Revolution." … fire at Lexington Green was only two years away. The Harrisons were one of Virginia's elite families and close … of Independence bears the signature of William's father, Benjamin, who served three terms as governor of Virginia. …
Presidential Biographies
… Benjamin Franklin Tracy was born in 1830 near Owego, New … Appeals, a post he held for one year. In 1888, President Benjamin Harrison made Tracy his secretary of the Navy. … Benjamin F. Tracy (1889–1893) …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… The Kennedy seat in the Senate was filled by Senator [Benjamin] Smith, so it was rumored that Senator Kennedy would …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… to the Justice Department--This is under Carter, under [Benjamin] Civiletti--and said, "We don't want to screw up … Knott Please straighten us out. Wides Well, Senator [Harrison] Williams of New Jersey had been convicted and left …
Presidential Speeches
… President Harrison issues a Presidential Proclamation commemorating the … prayer and thanksgiving on that day. Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States of America, in …