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Benjamin Harrison (20 augusti 1833-13 mars 1901) var en amerikansk politiker och advokat som var USA:s 23:e president 1889-1893. Han var sonson till den nionde presidenten, William Henry Harrison, vilket skapade den enda farfar-klenonbarn-duon som har innehaft ämbetet. Han var också barnbarnsbarn till Benjamin Harrison V, en av grundlagsfäderna. Innan Harrison steg upp till presidentämbetet etablerade han sig som en framstående lokal advokat, presbyteriansk kyrkoledare och politiker i Indianapolis, Indiana. Under det amerikanska inbördeskriget tjänstgjorde han i unionsarmén som överste och bekräftades av den amerikanska senaten som brigadgeneral av frivilliga 1865. Harrison kandiderade utan framgång till guvernör i Indiana 1876. Indianas generalförsamling valde Harrison till en sexårig mandatperiod i den amerikanska senaten, där han tjänstgjorde 1881-1887.
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.
Benjamin Harrison