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    Benjamin Harrison was the 23rd president of the United States, elected in 1889. He was 56 years old at his inauguration and had previously studied law and married Caroline Scott, with whom he had two children. Harrison served one term and lost his reelection bid in 1892 to Grover Cleveland. He died in 1901 at the age of 68 in Indianapolis, Indiana of pneumonia.

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    Benjamin Harrison was the 23rd president of the United States, elected in 1889. He was 56 years old at his inauguration and had previously studied law and married Caroline Scott, with whom he had two children. Harrison served one term and lost his reelection bid in 1892 to Grover Cleveland. He died in 1901 at the age of 68 in Indianapolis, Indiana of pneumonia.

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    BENJAMIN HARRISON

    By: Dali Cansino


    About Benjamin Harrison

    • Benjamin was our 23rd president of the United States


    of America.

    • Benjamin got elected in the year of 1889.

    • The popular vote for Benjamin was 5,443,892.

    • The election vote was 223.

    • He did win Iowa’s vote.

    • He was 56 when he became president


    • He was born on August 20, 1833 in North
    Bend ,Ohio.

    • Benjamin Harrison attended at farmer’s college in


    Oxfrod Ohio.

    • After completing with college , he studied law and


    got married to Caroline Scott.

    • They later had two children . - Russell Benjamin


    Harrison and Mary Scott Harrison .

    • He died on March 13 , 1901 in Indianapolis ,


    Indiana.
    vice president
    - The vice president was levi P
    Morton.
    - He was 68 when he was vice
    president
    - The salary earned was about
    $50,000.
    - More info.

    • Benjamin Harrison followed the example of his


    grandfather William Henry Harrison all the way to
    the White House.

    • Before the end of his first term in 1892, he lost his


    bid for reelection to Grover Cleveland by a wide
    margin; he remained active in public life as a lawyer
    and public speaker until his death in 1901.
    More info.
    - He didn't die in office.
    - He died because he had
    pneumonia , in the year of
    1901.
    -Secretary of State
    James G. Blaine (1889-92)
    John W. Foster (1892-930

    -Secretary of the Treasury


    William Windom (1889-91)
    Charles Foster (1891-93)

    -Secretary of War
    Redfield Proctor (1889-91)
    Stephen B. Elkins (1891-93)
    Scandal

    • Benjamin Harrison found himself with a massive


    budget left over from past administrations that had
    existed since the Civil War. The reason was for
    importing goods, combined with little government
    spending. Harrison would go on to use much of this
    surplus, marking the first time federal spending
    went more than $1 billion a year.
    sources

    • http://www.potus.com/bharrison.html

    • http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/benjamin-harrison

    • https://www.biography.com/people/benjamin-harrison-9329317

    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1888

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