PRESIDENT++BENJAMIN+HARRISON

=BENJAMIN HARRISON- Kayla H.=

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INTRODUCTORY **- There are a lot of presidents that are not either familiar or popular now. Benjamin Harrison was one of those presidents that didn't do anything really important but was said to be a great leader. Benjamin Harrison was the 23rd President of the United States. He was a president from 1889-1893. Even though his name is not familiar to most people his life was extremely interesting. Some interesting things in his life were his family, hobbies, schools, jobs, facts, and myths.//("Benjamin Harrison," 2010).// 

**BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATIO****N** - Benjamin Harrison was born on August 20,1833 in North Bend, Ohio and died March 13,1901 in Indianapolis, Indiana at age 67. Benjamin Harrison grew up in North Bend, Ohio. He lived in a small farm home with his dad and grandfather. Harrison was married two times, his first wife was named Caroline Lavinia Scott Harrison. Caroline Lavinia Scott Harrison was very sick and died on October 25th. He then got married once again to a lady named Mary Scott Lord Dimmick Harrison in 1896. Harrison had three kids, two from Caroline Harrison which they named Russell and Mary and one from Mary Harrison. They named her Elizabeth. Actually, Mary Harrison was Caroline Harrison's niece. Some of his hobbies were hunting, swimming, and fishing. He also was good in school and at writing. When he was older he wrote a book called "This Country Of Ours". //(////Miller Center of Public Affairs),(All Biographies),(Creating America: a History of the United States),(Benjamin Harrison)//

**EDUCATION** - Harrison went to school in Ohio. First he had a private tutor and then went to a regular school, called Cary's Academy. He stayed there for three years and then was moved to a different school. He attended Miami University and graduated in 1852 at the age of 18.Benjamin Harrison decided to become a lawyer and studied law. He also became a soldier that took control of the other soldiers and taught them what they needed to know. //(////Oracle ThinkQuest Library),(All Biographies),(Benjamin Harrison),(SIRS DISCOVER)//

**SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS IN OFFICE** -  President Benjamin Harrison approved four bills while in office. The four bills were the Dependent Pension Act, the Sherman Antitrust Act, the Sherman Silver Purchase Act, and the McKinley Tariff Act. He also signed a treaty of annexation with the islands' provisional government[|__http://sun.menloschool.org/~chanson/apush/docs_dox/bh_hawaii.pdf__]. The treaty that he signed was about the Americans in Hawaii who had a revolution against their queen, Queen Liliuokalani. Harrison fought in the Civil War from 1861 until 1865, when the war ended. Benjamin Harrison and Grover Cleveland were running against each other in the election of 1888. Harrison was a Republican and Cleveland was a Democratic the electoral votes was what got Harrison president and inaugurated on March 4, 1889. Benjamin Harrison's vice president was Levi P. Morton but the votes were close. The electoral votes were 233 to 168 but the popular votes was won by Cleveland, but that didn't count in winning the election, the electoral votes did.

 **INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE PRESIDENT** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; font-weight: normal;">- <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;">One fact that was queer and funny was that while the Harrisons were in the White House they were the first family to have electricity. They were so afraid to turn on and off light switches they hired an electrician to do it for them. One fun fact was that he was 5 foot and 6 inches tall, he had many nicknames that referred to his height. Most people called him "Little Ben.” Another fun fact was that when Benjamin Harrison was growing up there were eleven family members in one house hold, with only one bathroom. One other interesting fact was that Benjamin Harrison was the only president to have a family member as a president in the White House. It was his grandfather named, William Henry Harrison (the 9th president). One myth that Harrison had was that he told Congress to divide East and West Dakota. When actuality the truth was that he wanted to divide Dakota into North and South . There were a few famous quotes that Benjamin Harrison said during his life time . One quote was " The bud of victory is always in the truth", which is true, because when you describe how victory feels you always know it's the truth. Another quote he said was "Great lives never go out; they go on.” "Shall the prejudices and paralysis of slavery continue to hang upon the skirts of progress" was another famous quote that he said on March 4, 1889. Harrison said a lot of different quotes but these were interesting and to the point on what he had to say and what mattered to him. //(Famous Quotes and Quotations at BrainyQuote),(The Van Gogh-Goghs Sketch Comedy Collective),(Benjamin Harrison)//

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">**COMPARE/CONTRAST** - <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;">There is only one similarity that Benjamin Harrison and I have in common, our hobbies. As a hobby I like to swim and fish just like he did. Some differences that I had would be that I don't want to study law. Also I don't have a big immediate family like the Harrison's had. I neither loved in the same state nor attended the same school. Benjamin Harrison inspired me by trying to become a more intelligent student and becoming a leader.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;">Although President Benjamin Harrison wasn't an important 23rd president, there were a lot of interesting facts about him. One fun fact that was enjoyable was the Harrison's being the first white house family to get electricity and hiring and electrician to turn on and off the light switches for them because they were scared. Benjamin Harrison should be remembered regardless of what he did not accomplish as a United States President, but for accomplishing being one of the 44 Presidents of the United States.
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">1.WEBSITE- "American President: Benjamin Harrison." //Miller Center of Public Affairs//. Web. 25 Apr. 2010. <http://millercenter.org/academic/americanpresident/bharrison>. <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">2.WEBSITES-"Benjamin Harrison." //Oracle ThinkQuest Library//. Web. 25 Apr. 2010. <http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312172/bharrison.html>.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">3.WEBSITE-"Benjamin Harrison - Twenty-Third President of the United States." //All Biographies//. Web. 25 Apr. 2010. <http://all-biographies.com/presidents/benjamin_harrison.htm>.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">4.WEBSITE-"Benjamin Harrison Quotes." //Famous Quotes and Quotations at BrainyQuote//. Web. 25 Apr. 2010. <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/b/benjamin_harrison.html>.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">5. WEBSITES-"Debunked Myths about U.S. Presidents." //The Van Gogh-Goghs Sketch Comedy Collective//. Web. 25 Apr. 2010. <http://www.vgg.com/tp/tp_021901_prezday.html>.

6.HISTORY BOOK-Garcia, Jesus. //Creating America: a History of the United States//. Evanston, Ill.: McDougal Littell, 2005. Print.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">7.BOOK-Joseph, Paul. //Benjamin Harrison//. Minneapolis: Abdo Pub., 2002. Print.

8.ELECTRONIC DATABASE-//SIRS DISCOVER//. National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. Web. <http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com/discoweb/disco/do/article?urn=urn%3Asirs%3AUS%3BARTICLE%3BART%3B0000028016>. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">

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