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Benjamin Harrison (20. august 1833 - 13. marts 1901) var en amerikansk politiker og advokat, som var USA's 23. præsident fra 1889 til 1893. Han var barnebarn af den niende præsident, William Henry Harrison, og skabte dermed den eneste bedstefar-barnebarn-duo, der har beklædt embedet. Han var også oldebarn af Benjamin Harrison V, en af grundlæggerne. Før Harrison blev præsident, etablerede han sig som en fremtrædende lokal advokat, presbyteriansk kirkeleder og politiker i Indianapolis, Indiana. Under den amerikanske borgerkrig tjente han i Unionens hær som oberst og blev bekræftet af det amerikanske senat som brigadegeneral af frivillige i 1865. Harrison stillede uden held op til guvernørvalget i Indiana i 1876. Indianas generalforsamling valgte Harrison til en seksårig periode i det amerikanske senat, hvor han sad fra 1881 til 1887.
Benjamin Harrison (August 20, 1833 – March 13, 1901) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 23rd President of the United States from 1889 to 1893. He was a grandson of the ninth president, William Henry Harrison, creating the only grandfather-grandson duo to have held the office. He was also the great-grandson of Benjamin Harrison V, a founding father. Before ascending to the presidency, Harrison established himself as a prominent local attorney, Presbyterian church leader, and politician in Indianapolis, Indiana. During the American Civil War, he served in the Union Army as a colonel, and was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as a brevet brigadier general of volunteers in 1865. Harrison unsuccessfully ran for governor of Indiana in 1876. The Indiana General Assembly elected Harrison to a six-year term in the U.S. Senate, where he served from 1881 to 1887.
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