Benjamin Harrison

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Benjamin Harrison

• By Autumn Graves

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Early Life

• Benjamin was born on August 20, 1833
• He went to school at Miami University
• He was named after his great grandfather
• He was the 2 child of his parents

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Election

• Harrison ran against Grover Cleveland
• Harrison had 233 electoral votes
• Cleveland had 168 electoral votes
• Harrison won the election
• It was close by 55 electoral votes
• He was only president for 4 years

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Election

• Benjamin was a U.S. senate in 1881
• He was a Republican

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Presidential Facts

• He served from 1889-1893
• He lost the second term
• Foreign Affair was a act of no seal hunting of
  the Bering Sea near Chili, Great Britain, Canada,
  and Italy

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Quote

• Unlike many other people less happy, we give our
  devotion to a government, to its Constitution,
  to its flag, and not to men
• The only ligament right to govern is an express
  grant of power from the governed

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Fast Facts

• Benjamin was often in a bad mood and people
  called him the human iceberg
• He had a goat for a pet
• He would be 170 years old today

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Life After President

• He wrote a book
• It was a text book
• It was a book about the Presidency and the
  Constitution for the College