Benjamin Harrison
23rd President of the United States
(March 4, 1889 to March 3, 1893
Nicknames: "Kid Gloves Harrison"; "Little Ben"
Born: August 20, 1833, in North Bend, Ohio
Died: March 13, 1901, in Indianapolis, Indiana
Father: John Scott Harrison
Mother: Elizabeth Ramsey Irwin Harrison
Married: Caroline Lavinia Scott (1832-1892), on October 20, 1853; Mary Scott Lord Dimmick (1858-1948), on April 6, 1896
Children: Russell Benjamin Harrison (1854-1936); Mary Scott Harrison (1858-1930); Elizabeth Harrison (1897-1955)
Religion: Presbyterian
Education: Graduated from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio (1852)
Occupation: Lawyer
Political Party: Republican
Other Government Positions:
- United States Senator, 1881-87
Presidential Salary: $50,000/year
Vice President Levi P. Morton (1889-93)
Cabinet:
- Secretary of State
- James G. Blaine (1889-92)
- John W. Foster (1892-93)
- Secretary of the Treasury
- William Windom (1889-91)
- Charles Foster (1891-93)
- Secretary of War
- Redfield Proctor (1889-91)
- Stephen B. Elkins (1891-93)
- Attorney General
- William H. H. Miller (1889-93)
- Postmaster General
- John Wanamaker (1889-93)
- Secretary of the Navy
- Benjamin F. Tracy (1889-93)
- Secretary of the Interior
- John W. Noble (1889-93)
- Secretary of Agriculture
- Jeremiah M. Rusk (1889-93)