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Benjamin
Harrison - 23rd President
Party: Republican
Term: March 4, 1889 - March 3, 1893
Age at Inauguration: 55
Life Span: Aug 20, 1833 - March 13, 1901 [67]
Spouse: Caroline Scott - Age at Marriage:
20
Spouse: Mary Scott Lord Dimmick - Age at Marriage: 62
Vice President: Levi Morton |
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- Harrison's father constructed a one-room
schoolhouse on the family farm and hired a tutor to instruct
his children to read and write
- Benjamin Harrison was the grandson
of a former President, William Henry Harrison
- During his terms of office, six states
were admitted to the Union, the most of any president; North
Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Washington, Idaho and Wyoming
- The president loved the sport of hunting,
often preying upon ducks and raccoons
- Once on an outing in 1889 he mistakenly
shot a farmer's pig thinking it was a raccoon
- His wife Caroline was the second of
three First ladies to die while her husband held office First
Lady Death in Office
- Harrison married the widow, Mary Lord
Dimmick, after his presidency
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