BENJAMIN HARRISON BORN IN OHIO
North Bend, Ohio (JFK+50) On August 20, 1833, Benjamin Harrison, the future 23rd POTUS and grandson of William Henry Harrison, the 9th POTUS, was born here in North Bend*.
The Harrisons were among the First Families of Virginia having arrived in Jamestown in 1630. Young Benjamin attended Farmers College in 1847 and graduated from Miami University of Ohio in 1852. He studied law in Cincinnati and joined the Republican Party in 1856. During the Civil War, Harrison rose from 2nd Lt. to Brigadier General in the Union Army.
Having lost bids for governor of Ohio in 1872 and 1876, Benjamin Harrison was elected to the United States Senate and served from 1881 to 1887. In 1888, he won the Republican nomination for president and chose Levi P. Morton** as his running mate.
Although losing the popular vote by 90,000, Harrison became president-elect by virtue of a 233 to 168 electoral college victory over incumbent President Grover Cleveland.
One of the quotes of President Harrison is as follows...
"I want to avoid everything that is personal and I want it understood I am the grandson of nobody."
North Bend, Ohio (JFK+50) On August 20, 1833, Benjamin Harrison, the future 23rd POTUS and grandson of William Henry Harrison, the 9th POTUS, was born here in North Bend*.
The Harrisons were among the First Families of Virginia having arrived in Jamestown in 1630. Young Benjamin attended Farmers College in 1847 and graduated from Miami University of Ohio in 1852. He studied law in Cincinnati and joined the Republican Party in 1856. During the Civil War, Harrison rose from 2nd Lt. to Brigadier General in the Union Army.
Having lost bids for governor of Ohio in 1872 and 1876, Benjamin Harrison was elected to the United States Senate and served from 1881 to 1887. In 1888, he won the Republican nomination for president and chose Levi P. Morton** as his running mate.
Although losing the popular vote by 90,000, Harrison became president-elect by virtue of a 233 to 168 electoral college victory over incumbent President Grover Cleveland.
One of the quotes of President Harrison is as follows...
"I want to avoid everything that is personal and I want it understood I am the grandson of nobody."
*North Bend, Ohio is located in Hamilton County on the banks of the Ohio River. 15 miles from Cincinnati and 6 miles from the Ohio-Indiana state line, the area was settled by John Cleves Symmes in 1789. NB is one of only two towns in America that is the birthplace of two presidents, the other being Quincy, MA.
**Levi Parsons Morton (1824-1920) was born in Shoreham, VT & served as US Ambassador to France, Governor of New York (1895-1896) & Vice-President of the US (1889-1893).
SOURCE
"Benjamin Harrison Quotes", www.presidential-power.org/
Benjamin Harrison
Pach Brothers Photo (1896)
Restoration by Adam Cuerden
Library of Congress Image
