BENJAMIN HARRISON 1833 1901 TWENTY THIRD PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES HARRISON BENJAMIN 1833 1901 ELECTIONS POLITICAL PARTIES CIVIL WAR ELECTIONS AND POLITICS BORN IN NORTH BEND OHIO BENJAMIN HARRISON WAS THE GRANDSON OF PRESIDENT WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON AFTER STUDYING AT MIAMI UNIVERSITY BENJAMIN HARRISON BEGAN PRACTICING LAW IN INDIANAPOLIS DURING THE CIVIL WAR HE COMMANDED THE 70TH REGIMENT INDIANA VOLUNTEERS AND FOUGHT IN GENERAL SHERMAN'S ATLANTA CAMPAIGN IN 1876 HE UNSUCCESSFULLY SOUGHT THE GOVERNORSHIP OF INDIANA HE WAS LATER ELECTED TO THE U.S SENATE AND SERVED FROM 1881 TO 1887 A REPUBLICAN HARRISON DEFEATED GROVER CLEVELAND FOR THE PRESIDENCY IN 1888 DURING HARRISON'S TERM CONGRESS PASSED THE SHERMAN ANTITRUST ACT AND SIX NEW STATES JOINED THE UNION IN 1892 AFTER BEING DEFEATED FOR RE ELECTION BY CLEVELAND HARRISON RETURNED TO INDIANAPOLIS TO PRACTICE LAW IN 1898 HE REPRESENTED VENEZUELA IN ITS BOUNDARY DISPUTE WITH GREAT BRITAIN
